Pollution (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)

Pollution

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Soot particles from oil and wood heating systems and road traffic can pollute the air in Europe on a much larger scale than previously assumed. This is what researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) conclude from a measurement campaign in the Thuringian Forest.

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Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS

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