Jakarta experiences an influx of 10 million commuters from satellite cities every day, doubling its population and the number of cars traveling on its roads. As such, tailpipe exhaust is a main source of air pollution in the city. Photo: wibisono.ari/Shutterstock Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket…
Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023 to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world one of many times during the last several months when air quality became so poor it threatened citizens’ health.