Is The Taj Mahal Missing? 🔎

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🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In today's episode: Is the Taj Mahal missing? 🔎 Find out what's happening with pollution in India and how did we come up with the word smog? 🏭 Correspondent LizaBanks Campagna breaks it down and tells us everything we need to know about the science behind pollution. 🗞️ In the news: Searching for Christmas trees and a stay at the Home Alone house? ✈️ And test your smog knowledge in today's Trivia on The Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: [email protected] 🎇 Follow the show on Instagram 🌍 Check out our website for sources and a transcript of today's episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	What if you couldn't go outside because the air was unbreathable?
0:07.0	We're not talking about Mars or the moon.
0:10.0	It's happening in one of the most populated cities here on Earth.
0:15.0	Today, we're masking up to make sense of air pollution.
0:20.0	I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's Tuesday, December 7th, and this Today, we're masking up to make sense of air pollution.
0:22.2	I'm Bethany Van Delft.
0:26.1	It's Tuesday, December 7th, and this is the 10 News.
0:26.6	10. 9.
0:27.2	8, 7, 6.
0:28.8	5, 4, 3.
0:30.2	2.
0:30.8	1.
0:34.0	Since early November, air pollution in Delhi, the capital city of India, has been getting worse and worse.
0:41.4	Many schools are closed and the government is urging people to stay inside.
0:45.9	Aw man.
0:47.4	The air in Delhi is already polluted by emissions from vehicles, coal plants, and other industries.
0:54.9	And this time of year, the combination of farmers burning their fields to make way for new crops
1:00.4	and fireworks set off for Dowali, the five-day Festival of Light celebrated by many people in India,
1:07.2	contributes to the smog, filling Delhi, and nearby cities and towns.
1:13.3	Experts call the pollution levels in Delhi severe.
1:16.5	The air in northern India is ten times worse than anywhere else in the world.
1:21.4	Residents of Delhi say their eyes burn and their throats itch.
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