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The Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution in the Southern European Countries

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The extension of Europe from the North to the South, i.e., from Knivskjellodden in Magerøya Island in Norway at 71° 11′ 08″ N and the Isola delle Correnti in Sicily at 36°38′44″N, is of 35°, with a difference in latitude of about 35°. We pass from the Arctic Ocean to the Mediterranean, with a significant difference in temperature and rainfall. In addition the population density varies from 15.5 inhabitants per sq.km to about 196 inhabitants per sq.km, about 13 times more. The climate parameters and the distribution of population have considerable importance in air pollution and in its variation.

In the Southern European countries, which we consider in this chapter, the car traffic and the solar irradiation have a great impact on the pollution, together with the industrial pollution.

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Palagiano, C., Belluso, R. (2018). The Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution in the Southern European Countries. In: Akhtar, R., Palagiano, C. (eds) Climate Change and Air Pollution. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61346-8_6

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