Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous
Tennis players at practice session sessions for the Australian Open in Melbourne , Australia today struggled to pass off as smoke from nearby bushfires asphyxiate their lung . Slovenian Dalila Jakupović even collapsed on the court in acoughing fitwhile but attempt to inspire the smoke - filled atmosphere , which had anAir Quality Index(AQI ) rating above 200 today . The air in Melbourne today was deemed “ hazardous ” by local wellness government agency , mean that even respectable citizenry could suffer problems from plainly breathing the air outside ....