Manila Traffic (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)

Manila Traffic

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Due to the rapid increase in the number of motorised vehicles, the obsolete diesel-based public transport system (jeepneys) and the increasing shipping traffic in the city's port, residents in Manila are currently confronted with alarming air pollution that poses a health hazard. Especially problematic are soot particles - black carbon (BC).

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Thomas Müller, TROPOS

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