Air Pollution

Adam Shaw interviews Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan at the University of California who has been conducting ground-breaking research into air pollution for over 30 years.

In this episode of Horizons, Adam Shaw interviews Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California. For over 30 years he's has been conducting ground-breaking research into air pollution.
Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to mankind's health and the environment. Uncontrollable levels of smog and haze affect huge swathes of humanity around the world every day. Each year it's estimated that 1.3 million people die in our urban areas because of outdoor air pollution. Another two million suffer premature deaths as a result of air pollutants in their own homes.

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30 minutes