Excessive rates of pollutants, including gases, finely divided solids, and finely dispersed liquid aerosols, are released into the atmosphere, outpacing the environment’s natural ability to break down and disperse, or absorb these contaminants. These substances can reach high concentrations in the air, resulting in undesirable health, economic, and aesthetic impacts. The smog crisis is considered […]
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A son was born to Yakup, a converted Muslim Sipahi, and his Greek wife in the late 15th century in the village of Palaiokipos on Lesbos. This bicultural child, named Khizr, grew up with three brothers in a modest household. Yakup, once part of the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos, later sustained his family as a […]