Air quality is a widespread problem with the presence of pollutants in indoor and outdoor
environments that generate significant consequences for the population, ecosystems and …

Nigeria receives copious annual precipitation to nourish its forests and agriculture, it has an
extensive river drainage system, and it possesses valuable mineral deposits that stimulate …

The present study was performed at a heavy-traffic affected soil to examine the efficacy of
bioaccumulation and translocation potentials of heavy metals by the naturally growing weed …

Quantifying the emissions and concentrations of heavy metals in urban air is a prerequisite
for assessing their health effects. In this paper a combination of measurements and …

On the basis of a 2‐year comprehensive data set obtained within the CARBOSOL project,
seasonal source apportionment of PM2. 5 aerosol is attempted for five rural/remote sites in …

Multi-year inventories of vehicular emissions at a high spatial resolution of 40km× 40km
were established in China using the GIS methodology for the period 1980–2005, based on …

Particulate black carbon (BC) affects global warming by absorbing the solar radiation, by
affecting cloud formation, and by decreasing ground albedo when deposited to snow or ice …

Little is known about the characteristics of particulate matter emissions from vehicles in
China, although such information is critical in source apportionment modeling, emission …

In this paper, we report the results and analysis of a recent field campaign in August 2007
investigating the impacts of emissions from transportation on air quality and community …

Road traffic emissions are an increasingly important source of particulate matter in urban
and non-road environments, where non-tailpipe emissions can contribute substantially to …