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Secondary school pupils help researchers track São Paulo air quality, Jornal da USP reports
A citizen-science project in São Paulo has involved secondary school students in air-quality monitoring and compared a public school with an urban forest in the city's south zone.
Why it matters: Researchers and secondary school students in São Paulo's south zone are directly involved in the citizen-science air-quality monitoring described.
Jornal da USP, the University of São Paulo's news outlet, reported that secondary school students are helping researchers monitor air quality in São Paulo.
According to the report, the citizen-science approach makes it easier to raise awareness of air pollution.
The report said the monitoring revealed differences in air quality between a public school and an urban forest in the south zone of the city.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The project directly involves researchers and secondary school students in São Paulo, and the report states that their monitoring found air-quality differences between a public school and an urban forest in the city's south zone.
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