We all know
that the no-flying period has been caused by the ash cloud. Scientists used
these days to show that airports causes pollution. The fact that take-offs and
landings causes pollution could never be proved before, because pollution is
also caused by vehicles. The first three days of the closure of the airspace
has been analyzed and that shows us that there is a definite air pollution caused
by air traffic. The Environmental Research Group said: “This period of
unprecedented closure during unexceptional weather conditions has allowed us to
demonstrate that the airports have a clear measurable effect on NO2
concentrations, and that this effect disappeared entirely during the period of
closure, leading to a temporary but significant fall in pollutant
concentrations adjacent to the airport perimeters.”
I think
most of the people found it very annoying that the airports were closed for about
four or five days. Luckily people of the Environmental Research Group used
these ‘days without planes’ to analyze the pollution in the air to check
whether the planes are causing some of these pollutions. In that way this
period of closing was actually very good, because now the people from the ERG
(Environmental Research Group) know how many pollution airplanes cause. So
although many people could not go home during these days, it actually were very
useful days to analyze the pollution.
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