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SULPHURE DIOXIDE: GREATEST EMITTERS


source: darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/
bio65/lec14/b65lec14.htm

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sulphur/main polluters

The USA is the greatest contributing nation of sulphur dioxide emissions...

...but the emission rates are increasing so fast in Asia that this region has now replaced Europe and USA as the major emitter:

emission rates 1980 1990 1995 2000 2010
Europe5942312618
USA24 20161514
Asia1534405379
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