The Share of Pollution from Land Sources in PM Levels in the Region of Danish Straits, North and Baltic Seas

Mariusz Rogulski,Szymon Firląg,Artur Badyda

doi:10.2478/rtuect-2021-0057

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Abstract The aim of the study was to determine air pollution over the sea surface (North Sea and Baltic Sea) comparing to concentration in the closest land areas to examine the impact of ships on the level of PM concentration. The analysis is based on the measurements made during the two weeks cruise of the tall ship Fryderyk Chopin from Edinburg to Kołobrzeg. The highest pollution levels were observed in locations distant from the coast, especially over Baltic Sea, with increasing concentrations when other ships approaching. The article attempts to assess the possibility of migration of pollutants to these areas from land-based sources, and thus indicate the degree of their participation in the level of pollution present at sea.

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Air pollution is currently a very essential and important problem concerning environment.To the pollutants in the air belong gases, liquids and solids, other than its natural components, or substances present in amounts significantly increased compared to the natural composition of the air
In the case of the cruise through the North Sea, it can be said that the impact of land sources on particulate matter (PM) concentrations over the sea on most routes was practically negligible, as measured
2021 / 25 cannot be a reason to generalize the observations, on its basis it can be indicated that the air over the North Sea and the Danish Straits during the cruise was much cleaner

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To the pollutants in the air belong gases, liquids and solids, other than its natural components, or substances present in amounts significantly increased compared to the natural composition of the air. The most typical air pollutants are: carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O3), sulfur oxides (SOx), organic compounds and particulate matter. In many places of the world one of the most common air pollution is particulate matter (PM) [1], [2]. Its source can be of natural origin or anthropogenic. The main sources of anthropogenic PM emissions are the combustion of fuels by vehicles, industry, among others energy as well as heating of buildings with solid fuel furnaces, which is related to the lack of connection of households to heating networks [3], [4]

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