Whole Germany They face terribly polluted air. Weather conditions do not help, which prevent smoke from the factory chimneys, but also those in the houses.
The reason for the noticeable poor air quality in the neighbor Polish Is Inwersja – It is an atmospheric phenomenon involving an increase in air temperature with height.
Germany. Huge air pollution. Smog enveloped the whole country
However, in the problem that sucks Germany, in addition to the weather, the Polish thread also appeared, and more precisely – as “Bild” – ” -“Thick cloud of Polish smog from coal power plants and private heating systems fired with coal. “The German newspaper emphasizes that toxic air from our country drifts to them from the weekend.
Powerful air pollution can be seen on the weather maps of Germany, on which Red is dominated. As we read, “the level of suspended dust is currently 100 micrograms per cubic meter”, which means that The warning level has been significantly exceeded.
The German Federal Environment Agency has issued an alert for the inhabitants of the country to limit their activity outside. “It is better to go for a quiet walk instead of jogging. You will inhale much less bad air and do something good for your body during exercise,” advises the agency.
Germany is fighting smog. The infamous participation of Poland
In an interview with “Bild” Ute Dauert, head of the air quality assessment department from the Federal Environment Agency, said that in itself Berlin The amount of dust suspended from Poland is almost 50 percent.while only 12 percent He comes from Germany. In Hamburg, the share of dust suspended from our country is 35 percent, and in Dresden and Hanover 25 percent.
Dauert pointed out that This is the worst air quality in Germany that has been recorded for years. – In recent years we have been spoiled because we had two warmer winters with lots of wind and rain. Now we have a cold winter, typical of Europe Central, z a lot of heating and accumulation of impurities due to weather. But this shows us clearly: emissions in Europe are too high, we must lower them – she said.
In turn, dr hab. Hartmut Herrmann from the Institute of Tropospheric Research Leibniza mentioned that small dust particles have a few days. He added that they move over Germany from Eastern Europe.
Also meteorologist Dominik Jung pointed to pollution from Poland. – This is because many regions in this country still It is largely based on coal heatingwhich emits large amounts of fine dust – he assessed. Air quality in Poland will not improve over the next few days, and thus, it will continue to make the situation worse at the neighboring state.