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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 28

Wider harm is prevented by the requirement for any operations that might cause mercury pollution to have an environmental permit. This is where the Environment Agency specifies environmental and social conditions that must not be compromised by the proposed activities.

#Health #Pollution #Mercury

Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 28

Dense, silvery mercury is the only metallic element to be liquid at room temperature. Its unique properties mean that it has had many uses over human history. However, it is also incredibly toxic and exposure comes with many risks.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our expert discusses the uses of mercury over time and the policies in place today to protect people from harm👇

Mercury: past to present

Mercury has had many uses over history. It's important to protect people from its toxicity. ET have mercury monitoring solutions.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 19

The MiniMPL is a small form factor, low-power, elastic backscatter LiDAR. Pulses of energy are transmitted into the atmosphere; the energy scattered back to the transceiver is collected and measured as a time-resolved signal, thereby detecting clouds and aerosols in real time.

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Droplet Measurement Technologies Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR | ET

The Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR is a remote-sensing system designed to determine the altitude of clouds and detect atmospheric aerosols.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 19

The unit works reliably on the Antarctic Peninsula today, continuously gathering data on cloud and aerosol layers up to 15km overhead.

These detailed vertical profiles allow BAS scientists to investigate cloud formation processes and meteorological phenomena in this pristine environment.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 19

UK Sales Manager for Scientific Application Lewis John hand-delivered the MiniMPL to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and provided some introductory training.

The LiDAR then spent some time on the RSS David Attenborough studying Southern Ocean clouds before being deployed at Rothera.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 19

Check out the Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR (MiniMPL) in action on the Antarctic Peninsula🌌🌎

The time-lapse video below shows the MiniMPL running for several hours at Rothera research station👇

(📽️: Dr Jonathan Witherstone, @bas.ac.uk )

#Research #Meteorology #AirQuality

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 11

The RCPCH believes a Clean Air Act should be established to give everyone a legal right to clean air.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 11

Successful initiatives such as Clean Air Zones, implemented in cities such as Bath, have helped to reduce nitrogen dioxide concentrations by 25%, and London's Ultra Low Emission Zone has reduced levels by 53% in central London.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 11

One major focus for the RCPCH is schools. Children spend a lot of their day in school and current monitoring in and around educational settings is inadequate. They recommend monitoring air quality at all schools, with local authorities having the power to act on the resulting data.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 11

Are we doing enough to protect children from air pollution?

With children uniquely vulnerable to poor air quality, the
@rcpch.bsky.social has claimed more must be done to protect children from the risks.

#CleanAir #AirQuality #AirPollution

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 6

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3 student-led air quality campaigns to take inspiration from

We discuss three student-led air quality campaigns to inspire you to understand the issue of air pollution.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 6

Living in areas with high air pollution levels these young people are using their voices to make change happen; from putting up activism signs in London’s pollution hotspots; creating breathing apparatus made from waste; and successfully opposing the building of an incinerator.

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Cura Terrae @curaterrae.bsky.social · Mar 6

Looking at three student-led air quality campaigns, we bring to light the important work that students from around the world are doing to improve the air they, their friends, and their families breathe.

#AirQuality #Education #Activism

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