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Map shows surge in sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan after coronavirus outbreak? FALSE
(20 Feb) A map has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube which claim it shows elevated sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic. The posts, published in multiple languages, claim the high levels of the gas could be evidence of mass cremation in and around the city. The claim is false; NASA, whose data was used to create the map, told AFP the imagery was created based on forecast figures of man-made sulphur dioxide emissions and volcano gas, not real-time satellite recordings.
Source: AFP Australia
https://factcheck.afp.com/map-forecast-based-past-data-not-real-time-satellite-readings
#SO2 #Wuhan #CoronavirusOutbreak
Map shows surge in sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan after coronavirus outbreak? FALSE
(20 Feb) A map has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube which claim it shows elevated sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic. The posts, published in multiple languages, claim the high levels of the gas could be evidence of mass cremation in and around the city. The claim is false; NASA, whose data was used to create the map, told AFP the imagery was created based on forecast figures of man-made sulphur dioxide emissions and volcano gas, not real-time satellite recordings.
Source: AFP Australia
https://factcheck.afp.com/map-forecast-based-past-data-not-real-time-satellite-readings
#SO2 #Wuhan #CoronavirusOutbreak
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This map is a forecast based on past data, not real-time satellite
A map has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube which claim it shows elevated sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic. The posts, published in…