Multi-Sensor devices to monitoring urban air quality as a support for the official network: development, selection and c...
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Typical daily profiles of PM concentrations in parisian underground railway stations
To enhance the understanding of air quality within underground railway stations (URS), a methodology has been developed to establish a baseline profile of particle concentrations (PM10 and PM2.5). This approach incorporates an extensive data cleaning process based on the identification of URS operation periods, physically inconsistent or mathematic...
Using syndromic surveillance to rapidly assess the impact of a June 2023 wildfire smoke event on respiratory-related eme...
Published in Environmental Research: Health
A statewide air quality advisory was issued in Massachusetts for 6–7 June 2023 due to smoke originating from wildfires in Canada. Of particular concern was fine particulate matter, which has an aerodynamic diameter of ⩽2.5 μm (PM2.5) and has been linked to adverse respiratory outcomes. The objective of this study was to rapidly assess the impact of...
The methane imperative
Published in Frontiers in Science
Association of perceived neighborhood air quality problems with attempt to quit cigarette smoking: a cross-sectional stu...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Background Cigarette smoking is the major preventable cause of premature deaths in the United States. Attempting to quit smoking is an important step toward smoking cessation. Although it has been studied extensively, limited information on the association between attempts to quit smoking and neighborhood air quality problems is available. Therefor...
Human aeroecology
Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Climate and air quality impact of using ammonia as an alternative shipping fuel
Published in Environmental Research Letters
As carbon-free fuel, ammonia has been proposed as an alternative fuel to facilitate maritime decarbonization. Deployment of ammonia-powered ships is proposed as soon as 2024. However, NO x , NH3 and N2O from ammonia combustion could impact air quality and climate. In this study, we assess whether and under what conditions switching to ammonia fuel ...
Low-cost system application for policy assessment: a case study from Berlin
Published in Environmental Research: Health
Local policies are part of the toolbox available to decision makers to improve air quality but their effectiveness is underevaluated and underreported. We evaluate the impact of the pedestrianization of a street in the city centre of Berlin on the local air pollution. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was measured on the street where the policy was implemente...
Motivating parents to protect their children from wildfire smoke: the impact of air quality index infographics
Published in Environmental Research Communications
Background. Wildfire smoke events are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change. Children are especially vulnerable to health effects even at moderate smoke levels. However, it is unclear how parents respond to Air Quality Indices (AQIs) frequently used by agencies to communicate air pollution health risks. Methods. In an experime...
Air pollution from biomass burning in India
Published in Environmental Research Letters
Air pollution is the most difficult challenge India is facing today, and anthropogenic biomass burning (ABB) is one of the major and least understood sources, leading to serious health and climate implications by affecting air quality, visibility, atmospheric chemistry, the Earth’s radiation budget and biogeochemical cycling. Scientific understandi...
