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While the worlds most polluted cities struggle to attract talent or manage chronic illnesses, residents around Cape Grim have made a virtue of their relatively pristine environment. Most waters of the world are spring waters," he explains as he looks out over aChina pharmacy cooler unit system of tarps, sluices and reservoirs set back from the coast.
When the wind blows from the north, coming from Melbourne or Sydney, it is possible to pick up the chemical signature of individual factories in operation that day.Mike Buckby, a "rain farmer" from the Cape Grim Water Company, has taken things to another level, harvesting water falling "from Earths purest skies. "This probably wouldnt work without the monitoring station at Cape Grim," he admitted."Our job is essentially to find air as clean as youre likely to find anywhere in the world and measure just how polluted it is," Sam Cleland, the officer in charge of the station, told AFP. Their kit is so sensitive that delivery trucks chugging down the dirt track from the nearest town, an hour away are all logged, in case they potentially skew the readings. "Yes, we sell the romance," he said, adding: "But look, theres 43 years of data that says this is the cleanest mix of air in the world."The rain that comes off the Great Southern Ocean, thats what we depend on," Buckby said, adding that his remarkably sweet-tasting water is little more than H2O and trace amounts of sodium picked up from the sea..
It will have a little bit of sodium but its very neutral and its very soft," he said.Looking out from his office atop the high sea cliffs, the nearest landmass to the west is Argentina, and there is nothing to the south except Antarctica. The facilitys isolated location makes it perfect for collecting what many have dubbed the cleanest air in the world, what air would be like without choking exhaust fumes or industrial smoke.When the wind blows from the southwest, Cleland and his team capture a sample using finely tuned instruments.But since 1976, this wild and blustery spot has been home to the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station is a small Australian government facility with the seemingly eccentric task of bottling air. "In normal spring water, youll have high magnesium; youll have some naturally occurring nitrates, phosphorus, and potassium.The facility has detected a rise in ozone depleting gases originating from as far away as China, Cleland explained."But even Cape Grim is not immune to rising levels of pollution."Buckby says the monitoring station and the clean air it measures have helped local produce stand out in a competitive market. Local beef is marketed with links to scientific papers on air quality, the number of wind farms has increased, and tourism is a growing sector. Even the cleanest air from the southwest is changing rapidly.Australia: As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of Australia is serving as the global standard for clean air.With panoramic views of swaying tussock grass and the vast crystalline expanse of the Southern Ocean, Tasmanias beautiful Cape Grim peninsula is an unlikely reference point for the scientific world
When the wind blows from the north, coming from Melbourne or Sydney, it is possible to pick up the chemical signature of individual factories in operation that day.Mike Buckby, a "rain farmer" from the Cape Grim Water Company, has taken things to another level, harvesting water falling "from Earths purest skies. "This probably wouldnt work without the monitoring station at Cape Grim," he admitted."Our job is essentially to find air as clean as youre likely to find anywhere in the world and measure just how polluted it is," Sam Cleland, the officer in charge of the station, told AFP. Their kit is so sensitive that delivery trucks chugging down the dirt track from the nearest town, an hour away are all logged, in case they potentially skew the readings. "Yes, we sell the romance," he said, adding: "But look, theres 43 years of data that says this is the cleanest mix of air in the world."The rain that comes off the Great Southern Ocean, thats what we depend on," Buckby said, adding that his remarkably sweet-tasting water is little more than H2O and trace amounts of sodium picked up from the sea..
It will have a little bit of sodium but its very neutral and its very soft," he said.Looking out from his office atop the high sea cliffs, the nearest landmass to the west is Argentina, and there is nothing to the south except Antarctica. The facilitys isolated location makes it perfect for collecting what many have dubbed the cleanest air in the world, what air would be like without choking exhaust fumes or industrial smoke.When the wind blows from the southwest, Cleland and his team capture a sample using finely tuned instruments.But since 1976, this wild and blustery spot has been home to the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station is a small Australian government facility with the seemingly eccentric task of bottling air. "In normal spring water, youll have high magnesium; youll have some naturally occurring nitrates, phosphorus, and potassium.The facility has detected a rise in ozone depleting gases originating from as far away as China, Cleland explained."But even Cape Grim is not immune to rising levels of pollution."Buckby says the monitoring station and the clean air it measures have helped local produce stand out in a competitive market. Local beef is marketed with links to scientific papers on air quality, the number of wind farms has increased, and tourism is a growing sector. Even the cleanest air from the southwest is changing rapidly.Australia: As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of Australia is serving as the global standard for clean air.With panoramic views of swaying tussock grass and the vast crystalline expanse of the Southern Ocean, Tasmanias beautiful Cape Grim peninsula is an unlikely reference point for the scientific world
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