Air quality in Africa: Public health implications

A Abera, J Friberg, C Isaxon, M Jerrett… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
This review highlights the importance of air quality in the African urban development
process. We address connections between air pollution and (a) rapid urbanization,(b) social …

Monitoring biodiversity loss in rapidly changing Afrotropical ecosystems: an emerging imperative for governance and research

AO Achieng, GB Arhonditsis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa is experiencing extensive biodiversity loss due to rapid changes in the environment,
where natural resources constitute the main instrument for socioeconomic development and …

Characterizing remarkable changes of severe haze events and chemical compositions in multi-size airborne particles (PM1, PM2. 5 and PM10) from January 2013 to …

P Shao, H Tian, Y Sun, H Liu, B Wu, S Liu, X Liu… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Severe hazes occurred during 2016–2017 winter manifested winter haze was still a tough
challenge in Bei**g since the unprecedented haze in January 2013. Three haze episodes …

A game theoretic approach to sustainable freight transportation: Competition between road and intermodal road–rail systems with government intervention

M Tamannaei, H Zarei, M Rasti-Barzoki - Transportation Research Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable freight transportation is a logistics approach that provides affordable services to
consumers where environmental, economic, and social sustainability dimensions are …

Environmental quality and health expenditure in ECOWAS

OY Alimi, KB Ajide, WA Isola - Environment, Development and …, 2020 - Springer
Healthy environment and quality health status are increasingly becoming compromised by
both the developed and develo** economies for rapid output growth. This is particularly …

Change in air quality during 2014–2021 in **an city in China and its influencing factors

Q Guo, Z He, Z Wang - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Air pollution affects climate change, food production, traffic safety, and human health. In this
paper, we analyze the changes in air quality index (AQI) and concentrations of six air …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales with the MIDAS global dataset (2003–2017)

A Gkikas, E Proestakis, V Amiridis… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Quantifying the dust optical depth (DOD) and its uncertainty across spatiotemporal scales is
key to understanding and constraining the dust cycle and its interactions with the Earth …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable energy storage for solar home systems in rural Sub-Saharan Africa–A comparative examination of lifecycle aspects of battery technologies for …

RG Charles, ML Davies, P Douglas, IL Hallin, I Mabbett - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics (PV) are increasingly important for electrification in rural Sub-Saharan Africa,
but what is the best battery technology to use? To explore this question, a small-scale …

The DACCIWA project: Dynamics–aerosol–chemistry–cloud interactions in West Africa

P Knippertz, H Coe, JC Chiu, MJ Evans… - Bulletin of the …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Massive economic and population growth, and urbanization are expected to lead to a
tripling of anthropogenic emissions in southern West Africa (SWA) between 2000 and 2030 …

Global warming induced hybrid rainy seasons in the Sahel

S Salack, C Klein, A Giannini, B Sarr… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The small rainfall recovery observed over the Sahel, concomitant with a regional climate
warming, conceals some drought features that exacerbate food security. The new rainfall …