Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 days agoI feel stupid asking this. But cities and countries who have smog and a major amount of air pollution. Why doesn't the wind blow it away or move it overtime? Is there that much pollution?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareI feel stupid asking this. But cities and countries who have smog and a major amount of air pollution. Why doesn't the wind blow it away or move it overtime? Is there that much pollution?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoA) The wind DOES blow it around, here’s a really cool map that shows the realtime winds and smog patches. https://www.iqair.com/ca/air-quality-map?srsltid=AfmBOooOOjFW8bVODbwaAcgx3-5e81PhA5yFSSMoQ9HToPTuzinyCr-u B) Most of the smog in an area has been recently produced by the pollution source (factory, power planet, forest fire, cars, etc) it’s not building up over a very long time, usually a few days at most if the winds are really light.
A) The wind DOES blow it around, here’s a really cool map that shows the realtime winds and smog patches.
https://www.iqair.com/ca/air-quality-map?srsltid=AfmBOooOOjFW8bVODbwaAcgx3-5e81PhA5yFSSMoQ9HToPTuzinyCr-u
B) Most of the smog in an area has been recently produced by the pollution source (factory, power planet, forest fire, cars, etc) it’s not building up over a very long time, usually a few days at most if the winds are really light.