Pollutant emissions from biomass burning: A review on emission characteristics, environmental impacts, and research perspectives

K Jiang, R **ng, Z Luo, W Huang, F Yi, Y Men, N Zhao… - Particuology, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass is one most abundant resource on the earth providing important energies in
support of socioeconomic development in many areas. Burning of biomass fuels comprises …

Rice waste streams as a promising source of biofuels: feedstocks, biotechnologies and future perspectives

AP Gupte, M Basaglia, S Casella, L Favaro - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased environmental concern over climate change due to higher oil usage has made
human being to shift to cleaner and greener alternatives. The utilization of abundant …

Impact of media channels and social interactions on the adoption of straw return by Chinese farmers

W Jiang, T Yan, B Chen - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Burning crop straws in open fields presents a major threat to the environment in China. To
mitigate this problem, numerous methods have been applied. Straw return provides an …

How harmful is particulate matter emitted from biomass burning? A Thailand perspective

HJ Johnston, W Mueller, S Steinle, S Vardoulakis… - Current Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of Review A large body of epidemiological evidence demonstrates that exposure to
particulate matter (PM) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Many …

Ambient particulate matter and biomass burning: an ecological time series study of respiratory and cardiovascular hospital visits in northern Thailand

W Mueller, M Loh, S Vardoulakis, HJ Johnston… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Exposure to particulate matter (PM) emitted from biomass burning is an
increasing concern, particularly in Southeast Asia. It is not yet clear how the source of PM …

[HTML][HTML] Light absorption properties of black and brown carbon during the prescribed burning season at an urban background site in Brisbane, Australia

C Wu, C He, ZE Brown, B Miljevic, C Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols primarily comprise black carbon (BC) and brown
carbon (BrC), and they play a key role in atmospheric radiative forcing and global climate …

Real-time detection of wildfire risk caused by powerline vegetation faults using advanced machine learning techniques

J Ma, JCP Cheng, F Jiang, VJL Gan, M Wang… - Advanced Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wildfires, also known as bushfires, happened more and more frequently in the last decades.
Especially in countries like Australia, the dry and warm climate there make bushfire become …

Statistical aerosol properties associated with fire events from 2002 to 2019 and a case analysis in 2019 over Australia

X Yang, C Zhao, Y Yang, X Yan… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Wildfires are an important contributor to atmospheric aerosols in Australia and could
significantly affect the regional and even global climate. This study investigates the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Urban heat island intensity in coastal cities of northern Colombia using Landsat data and WRF/UCM model

L Díaz-Chávez, R Melendez-Surmay… - Case Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the evolution of urban heat islands (UHI) in northern Colombia during
2016 and 2021. We employed a multi-approach to analyze the intensity and magnitude of …

Global nature of airborne particle toxicity and health effects: a focus on megacities, wildfires, dust storms and residential biomass burning

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Toxicology research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Since air pollutants are difficult and expensive to control, a strong scientific underpinning to
policies is needed to guide mitigation aimed at reducing the current burden on public health …