Air pollution

The coastline of about 2 kilometers in Istanbul's Sarıyer district is covered with jellyfish, which residents say has been caused by the pollution in the water.

The Sarıyer coastline along the Bosphorus turned white with numerous jellyfish.

The smog seen in Istanbul for the last three days is due to intense air pollution, experts have stated, warning that citizens should not spend much time outside in the early hours of the day.

The fog that started to form in the early hours on the first days of the year in Istanbul increased with the sun rising.

Türkiye's most populous province of Istanbul has been selected as the ninth dirtiest city in the world in terms of the amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) present in the air, a U.S. report has showed.

Human Rights Watch has again drawn attention to the problem of air pollution in Bosnian cities. "Nine per cent of the country's deaths are due to air pollution and an estimated 3,300 people die prematurely every year as a result of exposure to ambient PM2.5 air pollution," an HRW report published on Monday says. 

Copenhagen – Slovenia’s capital has placed 279th among 344 European cities in the European city air quality viewer with its air quality categorised as poor. Maribor ranks 207th having moderately clean air.

Companies have been calculating their carbon footprints since the early 2000s and just over one in three of the world's 2,000 largest public corporations have now set goals to become carbon neutral or emissions-free by mid-century or sooner.

However, according to Canadian researcher Ching-Bin Lu, it has been around since the 1980s. It is estimated that the hole has existed since the eighties, but only now has its large size been realized.

The life expectancy of the inhabitants of Greece due to air pollution is expected to decrease by about a year annually.

The Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water - Haskovo suspends the activities of TPP "Maritsa 3" AD in Dimitrovgrad due to violations of air quality standards. Today, the inspectorate issued a coercive administrative measure to stop the combustion plant.

The EU recently set stricter limits for emissions from newly registered passenger cars