Thousands of chemical compounds in wildfire smoke are interacting with each other and sunlight as the smoke travels. For people downwind, it can become more toxic over time.
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Protecting forests means protecting a rich biodiversity of plants, animals and the livelihoods of many people.
The geographic setting of hazardous industrial sites in residential areas during apartheid hasn’t transformed since democracy.
Studies demonstrate that vehicular emissions are a huge pollution source in Nairobi.
The Trump administration has used executive orders, deregulation and delays to reduce environmental regulation. Biden administration officials will use many of the same tools to undo their work.
Smoke from the Black Summer fires likely caused more than 400 deaths. A national set of air quality categories is long overdue.
Air pollution can weaken people’s respiratory, immune and cardiovascular systems, leaving them more vulnerable when they get COVID-19.
School streets close roads to motor traffic when children arrive at and leave school.
Some atmospheric pollutants actually help cool the planet, but the sudden shutdown of heavy industry threatened to purge them.
Staff and customers with underlying health conditions are likely to be most at risk at drive-through windows.
By opening data, monitoring and reporting on air quality can be complemented by data from various sources to create more localised and relevant decision-support solutions.
To understand the risks of wildfire smoke, it helps to understand the chemicals people are breathing.
Irish trade with the EU contributes an additional 34 tonnes of toxic nitrogen oxides to air in the UK each year.
Coping with intense and prolonged wildfire smoke is difficult, both physically and mentally. Smoke is an environment hazard to be respected, not a personal challenge to be overcome.
Kampala, like many other cities in sub-Saharan Africa, has a critical data gap on the scale and magnitude of air pollution.
Government action is needed to cut car dependency.
Wildfires blanketing several Western cities are creating hazardous health conditions. Don’t count on cloth masks to protect your lungs.
A study shows that low-income communities and communities of color are bearing the brunt of the energy industry’s pollution in the region. The risks also extend to the unborn.
Honey bees in the most polluted parts of an Indian city were more likely to die sooner and showed clear signs of poor health.
Electric vehicles can have a positive impact on the climate and air pollution levels, but governments should rethink how they electrify the transportation network.
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Atmospheric Biogeochemistry, University of Birmingham
