Locations Where People Pollute Is More Important Than What People Pollute

As the climate change continues to hit the Earth. The mission now of the scientists is to figure out the triggers and how to stop it. A new research has found that countries near the equator most likely to cause more damage compared to the other countries even if they use fewer emissions.

A new study that was conducted focuses at the global levels of ozone in which the greenhouse gas and toxic air pollutant increase worldwide over the decades. The research was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

In a report by CBC News, Lead author of the study from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Jason West said that, "We wanted to ask the question how much of that change that's happened over the last three decades is due to the change in location of emissions versus the increase in total emissions globally. We separated out those two factors and we found that the change in location was by far the most important."

The researchers explained that when regards to ozone-producing chemicals such as power plants, biomass burning, exhaust fumes and a whole lot more, where people pollute have an importance than what people pollutes. For example, researchers said that the emission from China increased higher than India and South Asia from 1980 to 2010, both India and South Asia have contributed more to the global ozone increase, according to Phys.Org.

The experts claimed that what they have studied has a significant. Industrialized nations in South and Southeast Asia such as Indi and Indonesia has more ozone-forming emissions. Previously, North America and Europe produce most of the emissions.

But, it has changed over  the decades, because countries controlled most of their emissions and other parts of the world industrialized. It resulted in shifting of emission towards the equator.

In line, Jason West added, "The world is changing and emissions are continuing to grow and they're continuing to shift toward the equator. So, we have every incentive to reduce our own emissions."