São Paulo é metrópole com pior qualidade do ar do mundo pelo segundo dia seguido
A cidade de São Paulo registrou nesta terça-feira, 10, a pior qualidade de ar do mundo pelo segundo dia seguido, segundo o site de monitoramento IQAir. Em um ranking dinâmico das metrópoles mais poluídas, a capital paulista aparece em primeiro lugar nas primeiras horas da manhã, com o indicador de qualidade do ar em 162 — quanto mais eminente, pior. A marca superou os registros em Dubai, nos Emirados Árabes Unidos, e em Kinshasa, na República Democrática do Congo.
Essa situação já se prolonga por alguns dias, com as cinzas das queimadas do Setentrião que mudaram a cor do firmamento, a capital paulista ficou entre as de pior qualidade do ar do país ontem e no domingo. A Cetesb alertou também que das 22 estações de mensuração do ar na Grande São Paulo, 20 apresentavam qualidade ruim (11) ou muito ruim (nove) ao meio-dia de ontem.
Aliás, a seca que prenúncio grandes rios uma vez que o Madeira e o Paraguai também afetou a maior metrópole do país: o Pinheiros, que corta a capital paulista, está virente por receber menos chuva dos seus afluentes. O aprovisionamento nos reservatórios da Sabesp, da Grande São Paulo, despencou desde o início do outono, que marca o início do período mais sequioso na região. Três dos sete reservatórios estão com menos da metade de sua capacidade.
Fumaça de queimadas chega ao Sudeste
O Instituto Pátrio de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe) registrou 159.411 focos de incêndio de janeiro até ontem, um aumento de 100% em relação ao mesmo período de 2023. Apesar de estarem concentrados na Amazônia (52%) e no Concentrado (33%), a fumaça atingiu 60% do país no último final de semana.
Os três estados com mais incêndios neste ano são os mesmos que em 2023: Mato Grosso, Pará e Amazonas. No ano pretérito, Pará era o estado com mais focos, por exemplo, mas a dimensão do lume aumentou. A fumaça das queimadas tomou grande segmento do país, inclusive o Sul e o Sudeste, e se espalha por Peru, Colômbia e Equador, alerta o pesquisador de sensoriamento remoto Henrique Bernini.
“Tem muita ocorrência ao mesmo tempo, queimando uma vegetação sob efeito de uma sequência de ondas de calor”, explica Bernini. “Esse tanto de fumaça é suficiente para tornar a Amazônia um dos lugares que mais contribui para as mudanças climáticas, enquanto deveria ser o lugar com maior potencial de virar a situação”.
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(Foco de incêndio próximo a rodovia presidente Fortaleza Branco)
![An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)]( "An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)")
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An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)
(Incêndio em São Carlos na sexta-feira, 23)![An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)]( "An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)")
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An area affected by bushfires is pictured near the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)
(É a maior quantidade de incêndios num mês desde o início da série histórica, em 1998)![Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)]( "Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)")
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Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)
(Governo do Estado de São Paulo vai destinar R$ 10 milhões para combate aos incêndios)![Firefighters spray water on a farm affected by bushfires in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)]( "Firefighters spray water on a farm affected by bushfires in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)")
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Firefighters spray water on a farm affected by bushfires in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)
(Bombeiros tentam extinguir o lume em São Carlos (SP))![Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival IZAQUE / AFP)]( "Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival IZAQUE / AFP)")
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Firefighters battle a fire at the SP-215 highway in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 23, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival IZAQUE / AFP)
(Nesta sexta-feira, São Paulo registrou 1.886 focos de incêndios)![A tree burnt by bushfires is pictured in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)]( "A tree burnt by bushfires is pictured in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to local authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)")
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A tree burnt by bushfires is pictured in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on August 24, 2024. Forest fires in southeastern Brazil prompted a maximum alert to be declared on August 23, in around 30 cities in the state of Sao Paulo, where the fire blocked roads and smoke reached the capital Sao Paulo, according to sítio authorities. (Photo by Lourival Izaque / AFP)
(Estado de São Paulo representou 38% de todas as queimadas do país em agosto)![]()
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(Foco de incêndio próximo a rodovia presidente Fortaleza Branco)
