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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.
A new study shows that while fine particle air pollution has declined nationwide over the past 40 years, the health and environmental benefits haven't been shared evenly.
Flaring, or burning, waste gas from energy production has sharply increased over the past decade. It wastes usable fuel, pollutes the air, and helps drive climate change.
Even accounting for factors like age and population density, the role of air pollution in explaining the spread of COVID-19 cases is compelling.
Kids spend more time outdoors than adults, performing more activities that increase breathing rates, which result in increased exposure to air pollutants.
The Aztecs had a shining city on a lake, with canals, causeways and aqueducts – until the Spanish came. Mexico City is still suffering the consequences of their bad public health decisions.
In South Asia, days with both extreme heat and extreme pollution are expected to increase 175% by 2050. Separately, the health effects are bad; together they will likely be worse.
Bike shops have seen record sales during the pandemic as people try to avoid crowded transportation. But governments must do more to keep new cyclists in the saddle.
Despite clear air as a result of the pandemic reducing human activities, our emissions still soar.
Citizen scientists have helped researchers track the changing environment during the pandemic.
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Science Director 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), 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, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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SEI Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Science and Human Health, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality & Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW
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Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M University
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Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
