The message from authorities is simple: stay indoors and limit your exposure. But while that might work for a day or two, what happens when it becomes the new norm?
"When we have heatwaves hit, we know that certain urban infrastructure doesn't cope very well, things like rail lines, transporting large numbers of commuters across Melbourne and Sydney is a real challenge," she says.According to the CSIRO's, Australia is projected to experience increases in sea and air temperatures, with more hot days and marine heatwaves, and fewer cool extremes.
Along with the danger to lives and homes, there's a mortality rate associated with the poor AQUI due to the subsequent smoke haze — and Professor Bowman says we need to be taking it more seriously now and into the future."There's a pretty significant strata of people who are going to be flooding hospitals with respiratory and cardiovascular disease, and that has a pretty big price tag
"And potentially some difficulty breathing, but these symptoms are typically reversible and go away once air quality levels return to normal," he says. Face masks are a familiar sight in countries like China and Japan. Should Australians consider them to protect their lungs from bushfire smoke?They're hard to find on Sydney's shelves, but ask someone where they got their high-quality mask in Sydney this week, and you'll keep hearing the same muffled answer: China.
For residents of Beijing, first on the anti-pollution must-have list is a face mask to wear outdoors that can filter the most dangerous air pollution particles.
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