Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, Z Yuan, M Wang, F Wang… - The innovation, 2021‏ - cell.com
Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources
since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other …

The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021‏ - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trends in urban NO2 concentrations and associated paediatric asthma incidence: estimates from global datasets

SC Anenberg, A Mohegh, DL Goldberg… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
Background Combustion-related nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) air pollution is associated with
paediatric asthma incidence. We aimed to estimate global surface NO 2 concentrations …

Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

MJ Cooper, RV Martin, MS Hammer, PF Levelt… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an important contributor to air pollution and can adversely affect
human health,,,,,,,–. A decrease in NO2 concentrations has been reported as a result of …

[HTML][HTML] First close insight into global daily gapless 1 km PM2.5 pollution, variability, and health impact

J Wei, Z Li, A Lyapustin, J Wang, O Dubovik… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Here we retrieve global daily 1 km gapless PM2. 5 concentrations via machine learning and
big data, revealing its spatiotemporal variability at an exceptionally detailed level …

Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change

JL Laughner, JL Neu, D Schimel, PO Wennberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
The COVID-19 global pandemic and associated government lockdowns dramatically altered
human activity, providing a window into how changes in individual behavior, enacted en …

Global tropospheric ozone responses to reduced NOx emissions linked to the COVID-19 worldwide lockdowns

K Miyazaki, K Bowman, T Sekiya, M Takigawa… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Efforts to stem the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to rapid, global
ancillary reductions in air pollutant emissions. Here, we quantify the impact on tropospheric …

Variability of nitrogen oxide emission fluxes and lifetimes estimated from Sentinel-5P TROPOMI observations

K Lange, A Richter, JP Burrows - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2022‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Satellite observations of the high-resolution TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI) on Sentinel-5 Precursor can be used to observe nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at city …

Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on fine particulate matter concentrations

MS Hammer, A Van Donkelaar, RV Martin… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic provide an unprecedented opportunity to
examine the effects of human activity on air quality. The effects on fine particulate matter …

Predictability of fossil fuel CO2 from air quality emissions

K Miyazaki, K Bowman - Nature communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Quantifying the coevolution of greenhouse gases and air quality pollutants can provide
insight into underlying anthropogenic processes enabling predictions of their emission …