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The Cleanest Air In The World Is Found Here
Tibetans living around the sacred Nam Co Lake in Tibet breathe in almost perfectly clean air, as in pollution-free Antarctica, new research has found.
The AOD measures particular matter like sand and dust in the air. The lower the reading, the cleaner the air. “The Nam Co area has the cleanest air on earth,” Cong concluded.
The PM2.5 reading of the area on an average day was 10 micrograms/cubic meter. That was one third of the standard set for national parks.
PM2.5 is a measurement that tracks particles smaller than half the width of a hair. The average PM2.5 reading in Chinese capital Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday was 137 micrograms/cubic meter.
Kang Shichang, a CAS research fellow stationed at Nam Co, said the region is relatively free of pollution because most residents are herders and there is little human activity that could affect the air quality. (Xinhua)
