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+-   What happens when you turn off the pollution? on Monday August 11 2008, @08:38AM NewbieV

Submitted by NewbieV on Monday August 11 2008, @08:38AM
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NewbieV writes "Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are assessing Beijing's air pollution control efforts.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are measuring emissions of soot and other forms of black carbon. The instruments are observing pollution transport patterns as Beijing enacts its "great shutdown" for the Summer Olympic Games. Chinese officials have compelled reductions in industrial activity by as much as 30 percent and cuts in automobile use by half to safeguard the health of competing athletes immediately before and during the games.

Quoting from one of the investigators: "This will be a very interesting experiment that can never happen again."

Read more about the project here."
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