Tag: pollution
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Why the Automotive Future is Electric
With the global automotive market shifting towards electrification at an unprecedented rate, electric cars or EVs are slated to become the next generation of personal transportation. By 2040, an estimated 40 million units of EVs are expected to hit the roads, essentially replacing the IC engine. Several manufacturers have already shifted their focus on EV…
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How to Become a More Eco-Friendly Industrial Business
A few key industrial organizations around the world are now known to be the biggest culprits when it comes to emissions, so it’s as important as ever for production lines and other similar plants to begin moving toward more eco-friendly operations. Thankfully, figuring out how your industrial business can reduce its carbon footprint and become…
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Blockchain-based environmental drones ‘can help fight water pollution’, say scientists
According to the World Health Organization, almost a third of the world’s population does not have access to fresh water. As evidenced by the 2020 UN report on water supply and climate change in the world, water consumption will experience a 20-30 percent increase by 2050, fuelled by the constant population growth and industrial development…
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The Self-Driving Future
As we put more and more emphasis on AI and automation, in the near future we can expect to see the growth in self-driving cars to incline exponentially. While there is a lot of skepticism as well as the general questioning of this growing trend of being a healthy one for society as a whole,…
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San Francisco looks like a scene from Blade Runner
The original Blade Runner film was regarded as a cinematic classic partly because of its depiction of an eery, dystopic world where the sky is permanently a dark, dusty orangey colour, possibly suggesting acid rain or something slightly toxic in the air because of the dirty and polluting machines and factories down on the ground. …
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Sudden increase in air pollution threatens economic recovery, says report
There has been a sudden increase in air pollution which is threatening economic recovery in many countries, according to a new report by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). The environmental research organization estimates that “health damage from air pollution” has cost between 0.4 percent and 6 percent of annual GDP in…
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Arctic pollution: Air quality monitoring at 40°C below zero
Most people think of the Arctic as a highly pristine clean environment, but this is not always the case. During the long dark Arctic winter, the urban atmosphere can become extremely polluted. Indeed, at some point during the year, the remote Alaskan city of Fairbanks turns into the most polluted city in the whole of…
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Considerations in Designing an Effective Air Quality Control Strategy
The industrial section plays a central role in air quality management following the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its amendments. Therefore, a re-evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies must be done before implementing air quality to meet federal, state, and local government agencies’ requirements. Also, it is crucial to develop further techniques that will…