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20200225 - 21 of the world's 30 cities with the worst air pollution are in India
RosyPark 2020. 2. 25. 18:07https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/25/health/most-polluted-cities-india-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html
21 of the world's 30 cities with the worst air pollution are in India
India has once again topped an annual list of cities with the worst air quality in the world, according to a new report, while Chinese cities have continued to show improvements from the previous year.
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a satellite city
- 위성도시
hazardous
- risky, dangerous
glean
- to gather grain or other produce left behind in a field after harvest.
ex) Researchers from IQAir gleaned data for the report from on the ground monitoring stations that measure levels of fine particulate matter, known as PM 2.5, per cubic meter.
sulfate
- a salt of sulfuric acid containing the divalent, negative radical SO
nitrates
- plural form of nitrate
ex) PM 2.5 includes pollutants such as sulfate, nitrates and black carbon.
premature
- The definition of premature is something that occurs too early or before it is ready
ex) According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes an estimated 7 million premature deaths a year globally, mainly as a result of increased mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and respiratory infections.
ex) When you jump into something with an ill-prepared effort before you are ready, this is an example of a premature effort.
point to
ex) The report points to economic slowdown, favorable weather conditions, and efforts towards cleaning the air as reasons behind the decrease.
desertification
- 사막화
ex) ..., noting it impacts air quality in many cities through desertification and increased frequency of forest fires and sandstorms.
Exacerbate
- 악화시키다
ex) Exacerbating the problem is rapid urbanization in industrializing Southeast Asian cities, which is also a major cause of air pollution and poses severe challenges to managing PM 2.5 levels, the report found.
overtake
- 추월하다, 앞지르다
ex) Indonesia's Jakarta and Vietnam's Hanoi overtook Beijing for the first time among the world's most polluted capital cities, "in a historic shift reflecting the region's rapid industrialization," the report said.
deployment
- 전개, 배치
ex) "During the year 2019, citizens of Hanoi have massively become aware of the air quality in their city, thanks to the deployment of air monitors. This is an example how air quality data has helped to push government to improve the environment."
on track to
ex) It's on track to become the world's biggest megacity by 2030, with a population of 35.6 million, according to a 2018 Euromonitor report.
ex) Based on current data, we're on track to take in six hundred thousand dollars this quarter.
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mark improvements
ex) Chinese cities have overall seen marked improvements in recent years, with average concentrations of pollutants falling 9% from 2018 to 2019, according to the report.
halve
- 반으로 줄다, 이등분하다
concerted efforts
- 일치 단결, 혼신의 노력
ex) China's capital Beijing has more than halved its annual PM 2.5 levels over the past decade and has dropped out of the world's 200 most polluted cities following concerted efforts to get air pollution under control.
available to
ex) For example, Africa, a continent of 1.3 billion people, has less than 100 monitoring stations that make air quality data available to the public in realtime.