Sentence examples for dire air from inspiring English sources

After harvest, they would normally burn this agricultural waste, inedible to people and animals, to clear fields for wheat crops, as farmers across India do, and in that way contribute to the country's dire air pollution.

The dire air quality in Beijing offers a case in point.

This virtual blank check for the fracking industry would worsen not only the already dire air pollution situation in the area but also threaten the irrigation water supply in a county that, along with the rest of the Central Valley, produces 35percentt of the nation's fruit and vegetables.

While there are several environmental crises converging here – severe water shortages, for instance, have become status quo – none is as dire as air quality.

In a new documentary titled "Under the Dome," one of the country's most famous journalists reveals the dire state of air pollution in China and issues a searing indictment of the hapless bureaucracies that she says have crippled environmental enforcement.

Even the extras had an air of dire purpose; there was none of the usual half-hearted milling around.

Beyond that, if direct air capture of CO2 gets cheap enough – or if the climate crisis becomes dire – carbon extracted from the air could also be sequestered in the ocean or underground.

However, if you're in dire need of some fresh air and human company, your dreams of Paris in the (nearly) spring can come true!

Wednesday's video comes amid a period of dire public relations for the air travel industry, following several high-profile instances of airline staff apparently mistreating customers.

Air pollution poses a dire risk to Iranians today.

President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association @PaulRinaldi warns of dire consequences to the nation's air safety if the shutdown continues.