Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide.

Dec 9, 2024 · On Dec. 4, a high pressure system moved in, reducing winds and trapping the smog for days, causing "pea-soup" conditions where the smog appeared yellow or green due to sulphur pollutants. A...

Dec 6, 2012 · Fog, combined with smoke to produce smog, was nothing new in London, but this particular “pea souper” quickly thickened into a poisonous stew unlike anything the city had …

Sep 16, 2016 · In fact, a Londoner coined the term "smog" in 1905 to describe the city's insidious combination of natural fog and coal smoke. By then, the phenomenon was part of London history, and dirty, acrid smoke-filled "pea-soupers" were as familiar to Londoners as Big Ben and Westminster Abby.

Dec 1, 2023 · In this real-life crisis, thousands of Londoners died from five days of heavy fog laced with air pollution. When the fog appears, it is met with British understatement. A weather report over the wireless calls the fog “a real pea soup-er.”

Dec 6, 2012 · Such were the scenes during the Great Smog of London, which began 60 years ago today. A thick, greasy, grimy fog descended on the city and killed 12,000 people in four days. A blanket of soot...

Known as “pea-soupers” for their dense, yellow appearance, such all-encompassing fogs had become a hallmark of London by the 19th century. But polluted fog was an issue in London as early as the 13th century, due to the burning of coal, and the situation only worsened as…

Nov 2, 2023 · Pea soup fog is a name given to an extremely thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution containing soot particulates and sulfur dioxide. It has also been called...

Nov 11, 2015 · The fog was unable to escape and the presence of the tarry particles from the cheap sulphurous coal gave the smog an acrid smell and a yellow-black colour – hence the name pea-souper.

Mar 21, 2012 · On several occasions, people fell in the Thames and drowned because they could not see the river right in front of them. And so, for obvious reasons, the thick London smog became known as a ‘pea souper’. Dried pea based soups and puddings were very popular at this time, especially in the winter when there were no few fresh vegetables around.