Ähm, Freunde, geht es euch gut? Was ist da los? Die Luftqualität weist seit mindestens den letzten drei Tagen eine erhebliche Verschmutzung auf

Lasers from nye cause air pollution.

Jokes aside I think it has to do with lots of people using wood to warm up their house causing worse air quality. Combine that with the air condition now which keeps the smoke lower

As a breathing enthusiast I know a thing or two about air pollution, having enough experience to unfortunately expect mass downplaying of any data like this.

Source: this is my current reality
https://imgur.com/Qn6IVlK

So please, please, none of that. I’m here just to learn what is causing this extended pollution in this area of Norway from anyone who does have answers.

>PM2.5 Annual 5 μg/m3

Over a year, average air pollution should not exceed 5 μg/m3.
You can imagine how much an extended period of ~60 μg/m3 impacts yearlong averages.

Here’s a good Norwegian source:
https://www.fhi.no/en/cl/air-pollution/outdoor-air-handbook—air-quality-criteria/summary-and-background-information/summary/?term=#overview-of-current-air-quality-criteria

Don’t live there so I can’t speak for the situation down in southern Norway specifically but I remember a time when the temperature got so cold any polluted air just sunk down to the ground instead of rising up as it usually does and it was very miserable for a few days… Like governments warning people with astma to stay inside miserable.

Also its the capital. Can’t imagine that helps.
More people+more cars+cold+more wood stoves=more pollution.