Air pollution not only impacts health, but can also trigger floods and landslides, study finds
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The Kathmandu Post
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In the last week of March—when wildfires raged across the country, the country was shrouded in haze and harmful smoke.
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The effects of air pollution transcend public health and can lead to massive loss of lives and property by unleashing catastrophic events like floods and landslides, according to the findings of a recent study published in Climate Dynamics, a scientific journal.
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“These pollutants have a direct impact on health but can also alter rainfall patterns, increase snowpack meltings as cascading effects. For these reasons too, emission of pollutants should be controlled at their sources. Measures must be adopted for minimising pollution sources, if not fully control them.”
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Climate change
Environment and ecosystems
Health and health facilities
Risk identification and assessment
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Nepal