Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of natural gas and hydrogen properties on internal combustion engine performance, combustion, and emissions: A review

SJM Algayyim, K Saleh, AP Wandel, IMR Fattah… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the physical properties and applications
of natural gas (NG) and hydrogen as fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines. The paper …

Global population exposure to landscape fire air pollution from 2000 to 2019

R Xu, T Ye, X Yue, Z Yang, W Yu, Y Zhang, ML Bell… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Wildfires are thought to be increasing in severity and frequency as a result of climate
change,,,–. Air pollution from landscape fires can negatively affect human health,–, but …

Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

A Tobías, C Carnerero, C Reche, J Massagué… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lockdown measures came into force in Spain from March 14th, two weeks after the start of
the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, to reduce the epidemic curve. Our study aims to describe …

Amplified ozone pollution in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown

P Sicard, A De Marco, E Agathokleous, Z Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on air pollution in
four Southern European cities (Nice, Rome, Valencia and Turin) and Wuhan (China) was …

Ozone pollution threatens the production of major staple crops in East Asia

Z Feng, Y Xu, K Kobayashi, L Dai, T Zhang… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
East Asia is a hotspot of surface ozone (O3) pollution, which hinders crop growth and
reduces yields. Here, we assess the relative yield loss in rice, wheat and maize due to O3 by …

Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India

S Mahato, S Pal, KG Ghosh - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a nationwide lockdown is imposed in India initially for three
weeks from 24th March to 14th April 2020 and extended up to 3rd May 2020. Due to the …

Arctic mercury cycling

A Dastoor, H Angot, J Bieser, JH Christensen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emissions have driven marked increases in Arctic Hg levels,
which are now being impacted by regional warming, with uncertain ecological …

[HTML][HTML] A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions

RS Sokhi, V Singh, X Querol, S Finardi… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization
Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of …

The response in air quality to the reduction of Chinese economic activities during the COVID‐19 outbreak

X Shi, GP Brasseur - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
During the COVID‐19 outbreak that took place in early 2020, the economic activities in
China were drastically reduced and accompanied by a strong reduction in the emission of …