As we previously reported, smoke from the wildfires raging in Canada reached Norway on Friday. The researchers then claimed that the smoke cloud would spread to parts of Europe in the coming days.
Using atmospheric and climate research tools from the Norwegian Institute for Climate and Environment Research (NILU) and a prediction model, they determined the increase in smoke in the atmosphere. Analysts predicted that the number of polluting particles in the air in Norway would not be so high as to harm people’s health, but the smoke could be considered a fine haze, he writes. euronews.
After Norway, the smoke cloud also reached Great Britain. The smoke is expected to remain in the upper atmosphere over Europe for the rest of the week. Because smoke enters the atmosphere at higher altitudes, it can persist for longer periods and travel long distances.
The question may rightly be raised whether such orange skies and polluted air could have developed in Europe due to smoke, as has happened in New York.
According to experts, in Europe
The phenomenon will not lead to a significant deterioration in air quality because the smoke is still in the upper layers of the atmosphere, but the sunrises and sunsets in the coming days may be more vividly colored than usual.
In New York, you had to wear a mask
A plume of smoke from a Canadian wildfire has left New York City second only to India’s Delhi for worst air quality and pollution among 100 cities tracked by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company.
New York’s air quality still improved slightly on June 7, but it declined rapidly in the afternoon. In some parts of the city, the air quality index exceeded 400 times, the worst worldwide and more than 58 times. .
According to the federal government’s Air Quality Index, anything over 300 is considered “hazardous.” By comparison, the weekend index was only 20.
Health officials have warned that hazardous air quality conditions can be extremely harmful to people with respiratory illnesses and other pre-existing conditions. People have been asked to stay home and wear an appropriate mask.
