Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds
Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses More than 2.5 million cruise passengers travelled through Southampton in 2025. It is also the UK’s leading vehicle and deep-sea trading port . You can see the ships and port machinery from miles around. All of this is downwind of a city of 260,000 people . A team of 32 researchers…
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