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The Chromatic Effects of Late Nineteenth-Century London Fog (2016)
- Reason077 6y agoFunny thing is, fog seems to be really quite rare in London now days. I've been stuck at home for much of the past year and I can only recall perhaps 1-2 days when my view of the City of London's towers was obscured by any significant fog. I've certainly lived in other parts of the world where fog seemed a much more frequent occurrence.
- cperciva 6y agoUrban heat island effect.
- ink_13 6y agoQuite a lot of the well known "London Fog" was coal smoke, as coal was widely used as domestic fuel up until the 1950s. Since nobody burns coal for heating or cooking any more, the pea soupers have vanished.
- asplake 6y agoClean Air Act 1956 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956 I grew up in London and later worked there. I do remember some very scarily thick fog in the 70s but agreed, much better now