Advances in air quality research–current and emerging challenges

RS Sokhi, N Moussiopoulos, A Baklanov… - Atmospheric …, 2021‏ - acp.copernicus.org
This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution and the airways: lessons from a century of human urbanization

J Goossens, AC Jonckheere, LJ Dupont, DMA Bullens - Atmosphere, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Since the industrial revolution, air pollution has become a major problem causing several
health problems involving the airways as well as the cardiovascular, reproductive, or …

Desert dust, industrialization, and agricultural fires: Health impacts of outdoor air pollution in Africa

SE Bauer, U Im, K Mezuman… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The African continent continuously experiences extreme aerosol load conditions, during
which the World Health Organization clean air standard of 10 μg/m3 of PM2. 5 mass is …

The legacy of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and the political ecology of urban trees and air pollution in the United States

S Namin, W Xu, Y Zhou, K Beyer - Social Science & Medicine, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study examines the persistent impacts of historical racebased discriminatory housing
policies on contemporary urban environments in the United States. Specifically, we examine …

Effects of long-range transport on carboxylic acids, chlorinated VOCs, and oxidative potential in air pollution events

SH Oh, S Choe, M Song, GH Yu, JJ Schauer… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In the context of air quality research, the collection and analysis of fine particulate matter (PM
2.5, with a diameter less than 2.5 μm) and volatile organic compound (VOCs) play a pivotal …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of fine particulate matter to present and future premature mortality over Europe: A non-linear response

P Tarín-Carrasco, U Im, C Geels, L Palacios-Peña… - Environment …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that around 7 million people die every
year from exposure to fine particles (PM 2.5) in polluted air. Here, the number of premature …

Present-day and future PM2. 5 and O3-related global and regional premature mortality in the EVAv6. 0 health impact assessment model

U Im, SE Bauer, LM Frohn, C Geels, K Tsigaridis… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We used the EVAv6. 0 system to estimate the present (2015) and future (2015–2050) global
PM 2.5 and O 3-related premature mortalities, using simulated surface concentrations from …

[HTML][HTML] Using random forest to improve EMEP4PL model estimates of daily PM2. 5 in Poland

T Vovk, M Kryza, M Werner - Atmospheric Environment, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Long-term exposure to poor air quality is responsible for many diseases and increased
mortality worldwide. European Environmental Agency reports that Poland is one of the most …

Contribution and uncertainty of sectorial and regional emissions to regional and global PM2.5 health impacts

M Crippa, G Janssens-Maenhout… - Atmospheric …, 2019‏ - acp.copernicus.org
In this work we couple the HTAP_v2. 2 global air pollutant emission inventory with the global
source receptor model TM5-FASST to evaluate the relative contributions of the major …

Sources of PM2.5‐Associated Health Risks in Europe and Corresponding Emission‐Induced Changes During 2005–2015

Y Gu, DK Henze, MO Nawaz, H Cao, UJ Wagner - GeoHealth, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a newly developed approach to characterize the sources of fine particulate
matter (PM2. 5)‐related premature deaths in Europe using the chemical transport model …