The pollution is ventilated out by wind almost every day, but then it gets re-polluted each day.
Mexico City's pollution probably doesn't have a global impact, but all urban areas together do, and the world is urbanizing. If we can understand the pollution impacts of Mexico City, we can apply this new knowledge to other urban areas across the globe.
We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is outside the city and be able to understand its full life cycle.
We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city, because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is affecting areas outside the city, and be able to understand its full importance.