São Paulo registra a pior qualidade do ar do mundo pelo terceiro dia consecutivo
A cidade de São Paulo registrou nesta quarta-feira, 11, a pior qualidade de ar do mundo pelo terceiro dia sucessivo, de convénio com 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 179, quanto mais cimeira, pior.
Na véspera, o município alcançou o topo do ranking do IQAir com índice em 162. Isso significa que a qualidade do ar está ainda pior na conferência com a terça-feira.
Nesta quarta-feira, a capital paulista aparece adiante de Dubai, nos Emirados Árabes Unidos, Karachi, no Paquistão, e 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 na segunda e na terça0-feira desta semana. 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.
Ou por outra, a seca que prenúncio grandes rios porquê o Madeira e o Paraguai também afetou a maior metrópole do país: o Pinheiros, que corta a capital paulista, apresentou paisagem verdejante por receber menos chuva dos seus afluentes. O provisão nos reservatórios da Sabesp, da Grande São Paulo, despencou desde o início do outono, que marca o início do período mais sedento na região. Três dos sete reservatórios estão com menos da metade de sua capacidade.
Fumaça de queimadas chega ao Sudeste
O Instituto Vernáculo de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe) registrou 159.411 focos de incêndio de janeiro até segunda-feira, 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 queimada 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 volver 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 queimada 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)
