Article
Engineering, Environmental
Elena Austin, Jianbang Xiang, Timothy R. Gould, Jeffry H. Shirai, Sukyong Yun, Michael G. Yost, Timothy Larson, Edmund Seto
Summary: The study aimed to analyze the air quality impacts of aircraft traffic on communities near an international airport. It found that ultrafine particles were associated with both roadway traffic and aircraft sources, with key differences in particle size distribution and black carbon concentration between the two sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Sean C. Mueller, Neelakshi Hudda, Jonathan I. Levy, John L. Durant, Prasad Patil, Nina Franzen Lee, Ida Weiss, Tyler Tatro, Tiffany Duhl, Kevin Lane
Summary: Mobility reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic had a greater and longer-lasting impact on aviation than ground transportation in the United States. A study conducted near Logan Airport in Boston found that ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations decreased during the pandemic, reflecting the decrease in flight activity and traffic volume. Although traffic volume and particle concentrations returned to pre-pandemic levels, downwind from Logan Airport, particle concentrations remained lower than before the pandemic.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nobuyuki Takegawa, Anna Nagasaki, Akihiro Fushimi, Yuji Fujitani, Yoshiko Murashima, Hiromu Sakurai
Summary: We conducted field measurements and laboratory evaluations to characterize the physical and chemical properties of aircraft exhaust ultrafine particles near Narita International Airport. The results show that the volatility of aircraft exhaust UFPs is closely related to particle size and temperature.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Brittany Antonczak, Tammy M. Thompson, Mindi W. DePaola, Gregory Rowangould
Summary: This study provides an updated analysis of the size and demographic composition of the U.S. population living near high traffic volume roadways. The findings show an increasing share of the population living near these roadways, as well as significant associations between higher traffic exposure and people of color and lower household incomes in the majority of U.S. counties. These findings raise concerns regarding public health and environmental justice.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Chunyu Lei, Yutian Lei, Binlin Zhang
Summary: In this article, the multiplicity and nonexistence of positive solutions for a Kirchhoff-type problem with critical growth and near resonance are discussed under suitable assumptions. The decomposition of (PS) sequences and variational methods are used. Furthermore, the multiplicity and exponential decay of positive solutions in the degenerate case are also investigated.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Berit B. Rasmussen, Kai Wang, Johan G. Karstoft, Soren N. Skov, Morten Kocks, Christina Andersen, Aneta Wierzbicka, Joakim Pagels, Peter B. Pedersen, Marianne Glasius, Merete Bilde
Summary: The study conducted experiments burning five different types of candles in controlled conditions to compare their emissions. Results showed higher particle emissions, mode diameters, and mass concentrations in the initial burning phase compared to the stable phase for most candles. Chemical composition in the emitted particles was similar to that of the candlewicks, with variations between different candles.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Di Nie, Zhaowen Qiu, Xin Wang, Zhen Liu
Summary: This study investigates the sources of black carbon (BC) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in an urban roadway region and clarifies the characteristics of primary and secondary UFPs at roadside sites. The results reveal that traffic exhausts are the main source of BC, while non-traffic sources dominate the secondary particles at road intersections.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Thiago Vieira Vasques, Leonardo Hoinaski
Summary: BRAVES is a software that combines a bottom-up approach with fleet information to estimate vehicular emissions in Brazilian counties. It can more accurately estimate emissions of various pollutants and segregate them by formation process and fleet category, making it a significant improvement over national and state inventories.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hamesh Patel, Nick Talbot, Kim Dirks, Jennifer Salmond
Summary: Auckland is a city with limited industrial activity, where road traffic is the main contributor to air pollution. The COVID-19 restrictions and reduced traffic provided a unique opportunity to study the impact of different traffic flow scenarios on pedestrian exposure to air pollution, offering insights into potential future traffic calming measures.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chloe S. Chung, Kevin J. Lane, Flannery Black-Ingersoll, Eric Kolaczyk, Claire Schollaert, Sijia Li, Matthew C. Simon, Jonathan I. Levy
Summary: Aircraft emissions, especially during arrival periods, contribute to elevated levels of ultrafine particle concentration (PNC) in communities near airports. This study evaluated the impact of arrival aircraft on PNC across six study sites near Boston Logan International Airport. The findings showed that PNC was higher at sites closer to the airport and during hours with high aircraft activity, with arrival aircraft accounting for up to 50% of the total PNC at the nearest monitoring site. This highlights the intermittent but significant contributions of arrival aircraft to ambient PNC.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Florian Ungeheuer, Dominik van Pinxteren, Alexander L. Vogel
Summary: Analyzing the molecular composition of ambient ultrafine particles (UFPs) from samples collected near a monitoring station at Frankfurt Airport, this study identified organic compounds related to aircraft lubrication oils, enhancing the source apportionment of UFPs. The developed method uses ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) and high-resolution mass spectrometry to qualitatively detect molecular markers for jet engine lubricants in UFPs. This research provides valuable insights into the complex chemical composition of UFPs near airports and highlights the presence of specific organic compounds associated with jet engine activities.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Mathematical
Ramis Movassagh, Jeffrey Schenker
Summary: This research represents discrete quantum processes using quantum channels and discovers that under specific conditions, the state under such processes converges rapidly to an ergodic sequence independent of the initial state. The research also applies to the thermodynamic limit of ergodic matrix product states and proves that the 2-point correlations of local observables in such states decay exponentially with their distance.
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lilian Calderon-Garciduenas, Alberto Ayala
Summary: Exposure to particulate matter pollution, particularly ultrafine particles, has damaging effects on the human brain, especially among young individuals. Current standards in the US do not explicitly regulate ultrafine particles, despite growing evidence of their significant health impacts. A case study in Metropolitan Mexico City has shown the presence of neurodegenerative diseases and nanoparticles in the brains of young residents. The US needs to adopt more comprehensive regulations and interventions to mitigate ultrafine particle emissions and prevent associated neurological outcomes.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anja H. Tremper, Calvin Jephcote, John Gulliver, Leon Hibbs, David C. Green, Anna Font, Max Priestman, Anna L. Hansell, Gary W. Fuller
Summary: There is limited understanding regarding the health impacts of aircraft noise and aircraft-associated ultrafine particles (UFP). Measurements conducted near Gatwick airport in the UK showed a close relationship between particle number concentrations (PNC) and noise levels, with traffic emissions being the major source of PNC. However, UFP is unlikely to be a significant factor in epidemiological studies on aircraft noise and health, as the correlation between UFP and noise is moderate to low. Additionally, meteorological factors should be taken into consideration when studying the short-term associations between aircraft noise and health.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Draifia Alaeddine
Summary: This work addresses decay rates for energy in a system of nonlinear singular viscoelastic equations with a nonlocal boundary condition. The study proves decay rates for the energy of a singular one-dimensional viscoelastic system with a nonlinear source term and nonlocal boundary condition.
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Ron Li, Guanglin Tang, Jiachen Ding, Timothy Logan, Sarah D. Brooks, Don R. Collins, Ping Yang, George W. Kattawar
AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Simon L. Clegg, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Vera Samburova, Nathan F. Taylor, Don R. Collins, Simeon K. Schum, A. Gannet Hallar
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Arsineh Hecobian, Andrea L. Clements, Kira B. Shonkwiler, Yong Zhou, Landan P. MacDonald, Noel Hilliard, Bradley L. Wells, Bryan Bibeau, Jay M. Ham, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Jeffrey L. Collett
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fang Zhang, Jianfei Peng, Lu Chen, Don Collins, Yixin Li, Sihui Jiang, Jieyao Liu, Renyi Zhang
Summary: The atmospheric aging of black carbon (BC) has complex effects on the environment and climate. Laboratory experiments showed that the aging process led to changes in the morphology, hygroscopicity, and optical properties of BC particles, resulting in enhanced light absorption. The composition of the coating materials on BC played a critical role in determining the light absorption enhancement. Additionally, the aging of BC particles could significantly enhance light absorption in humid conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joshua L. Santarpia, Don R. Collins, Shanna A. Ratnesar-Shumate, Crystal C. Glen, Andres L. Sanchez, Carlos G. Antonietti, Jilliane Taylor, Nathan F. Taylor, Christopher A. Bare, Sean M. Kinahan, Danielle N. Rivera, Elizabeth Corson, Steven C. Hill, Chatt C. Williamson, Mark Coleman, Yong-Le Pan
Summary: The study examined the impact of environmental conditions on the fluorescence spectra of atmospheric bioaerosols, revealing significant alterations due to atmospheric aging processes that could affect spectroscopic measurements.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Hagen Telg, Don R. Collins, Allison McComiskey
Summary: We used Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation to estimate the uncertainty of aerosol scattering coefficients derived from measured particle size distributions. The uncertainties considered include instrumental factors and variabilities in aerosol microphysical properties. Emphasis was placed on the counting efficiency and particle shape of the instruments, which have weaknesses in the dominant particle size range for aerosol optical properties. A 95% confidence interval for the scattering coefficients was estimated to be between -40% and +68%. The analysis identified counting efficiency and particle shape as the major contributors to the size of the confidence interval.
AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Russell J. Perkins, Peter J. Marinescu, Ezra J. T. Levin, Don R. Collins, Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Summary: This study analyzes high quality data from seven independent instruments at the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains site to build a CCN spectrum product. The study examines the probability distribution shapes of aerosols and CCN metrics, identifies the primary drivers of CCN differences, and explores the dynamics of CCN spectral clusters and concentrations.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lu Chen, Fang Zhang, Don Collins, Jingye Ren, Jieyao Liu, Sihui Jiang, Zhanqing Li
Summary: Understanding the volatility of atmospheric aerosols is crucial for understanding the formation of fine particles and their impact on the environment and climate. This study investigates the volatility of fine particles in the urban area of Beijing during summer and winter. It is found that there are two persistent aerosol volatility modes, with higher volatility in summer than in winter. The study also reveals the contribution of different particle types to the total number concentration, with non-black carbon particles dominating in summer and particles containing a refractory core dominating in winter.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jason A. Miech, Pierre Herckes, Matthew P. Fraser
Summary: This study aims to determine the effect of COVID-19 related Stay at Home precautions on air quality in a metropolitan area, focusing on CO, NO2, and PM10 pollutants in Maricopa County (Phoenix). While PM10 showed a significant decrease, CO and NO2 did not exhibit a uniform decrease despite a decrease in freeway traffic volume by about 35%.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT-X
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Candice L. Sirmollo, Don R. Collins, Jordan M. McCormick, Cassandra F. Milan, Matthew H. Erickson, James H. Flynn, Rebecca J. Sheesley, Sascha Usenko, Henry W. Wallace, Alexander A. T. Bui, Robert J. Griffin, Matthew Tezak, Sean M. Kinahan, Joshua L. Santarpia
Summary: The article describes portable chambers for studying aerosol production and processing in the atmosphere, with a focus on chemical reactions and particle growth within the chambers. Field studies conducted in a forested area north of Houston, TX, USA in 2016 were used to validate the model and show close agreement between measured and calculated concentrations of various gas-phase species and aerosols.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Ningjin Xu, Don R. Collins
Summary: Oxidation flow reactors are crucial tools for studying the formation and evolution of secondary aerosols in the atmosphere. The design and characterization of a new Teflon reactor, the Particle Formation Accelerator (PFA) OFR, have shown comparable OH exposure range, high particle transmission efficiency, and good penetration efficiencies for gases. The experiments provide valuable insights into the behavior of aerosols and gases in the reactor, with implications for atmospheric chemistry studies.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinxin Fan, Jieyao Liu, Fang Zhang, Lu Chen, Don Collins, Weiqi Xu, Xiaoai Jin, Jingye Ren, Yuying Wang, Hao Wu, Shangze Li, Yele Sun, Zhanqing Li
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter J. Marinescu, Ezra J. T. Levin, Don Collins, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Susan C. van den Heever
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jingye Ren, Fang Zhang, Yuying Wang, Don Collins, Xinxin Fan, Xiaoai Jin, Weiqi Xu, Yele Sun, Maureen Cribb, Zhanqing Li
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tuomo Nieminen, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Tuukka Petaja, Pasi P. Aalto, Mikhail Arshinov, Eija Asmi, Urs Baltensperger, David C. S. Beddows, Johan Paul Beukes, Don Collins, Aijun Ding, Roy M. Harrison, Bas Henzing, Rakesh Hooda, Min Hu, Urmas Horrak, Niku Kivekas, Kaupo Komsaare, Radovan Krejci, Adam Kristensson, Lauri Laakso, Ari Laaksonen, W. Richard Leaitch, Heikki Lihavainen, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Zoltan Nemeth, Wei Nie, Colin O'Dowd, Imre Salma, Karine Sellegri, Birgitta Svenningsson, Erik Swietlicki, Peter Tunved, Vidmantas Ulevicius, Ville Vakkari, Marko Vana, Alfred Wiedensohler, Zhijun Wu, Annele Virtanen, Markku Kulmala
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Waqas, Majid Nazeer, Man Sing Wong, Wu Shaolin, Li Hon, Joon Heo
Summary: The socio-economic restriction measures implemented in the United States have significantly reduced nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions. The study highlights the impact of factors such as human mobility, population density, income, climate, and stationary sources on the reduction of NO2 at different stations. The research emphasizes the scientific impacts of the NO2 reduction and income inequality revealed by the pandemic on air quality and health disparities.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Guorui Zhi, Jinhong Du, Aizhong Chen, Wenjing Jin, Na Ying, Zhihui Huang, Peng Xu, Di Wang, Jinghua Ma, Yuzhe Zhang, Jiabao Qu, Hao Zhang, Li Yang, Zhanyun Ma, Yanjun Ren, Hongyan Dang, Jianglong Cui, Pengchuan Lin, Zhuoshi He, Jinmin Zhao, Shuo Qi, Weiqi Zhang, Wenjuan Zhao, Yingxin Li, Qian Liu, Chen Zhao, Yi Tang, Peng Wei, Jingxu Wang, Zhen Song, Yao Kong, Xiangzhe Zhu, Yi Shen, Tianning Zhang, Yangxi Chu, Xinmin Zhang, Jiafeng Fu, Qingxian Gao, Jingnan Hu, Zhigang Xue
Summary: An comprehensive emission inventory for China in 2019, which includes both air pollutants and greenhouse gases, was developed in this study. The inventory utilizes existing frameworks and data to provide comparable emissions data and demonstrates the relationship between emissions and economic development.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
I-Ting Ku, Yong Zhou, Arsineh Hecobian, Katherine Benedict, Brent Buck, Emily Lachenmayer, Bryan Terry, Morgan Frazier, Jie Zhang, Da Pan, Lena Low, Amy Sullivan, Jeffrey L. Collett Jr
Summary: Unconventional oil and natural gas development (UOGD) in the United States has expanded rapidly in recent decades, raising concerns about its impact on air quality. This study conducted extensive air monitoring during the development of several large well pads in Broomfield, Colorado, providing a unique opportunity to examine changes in local air toxics and VOC concentrations during well drilling and completions and production. The study identified significant increases in VOC concentrations during drilling operations, highlighting the importance of emissions from synthetic drilling mud. The findings suggest opportunities to mitigate emissions during UOGD operations.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Puji Lestari, Akbar R. Tasrifani, Wiranda I. Suri, Martin J. Wooster, Mark J. Grosvenor, Yusuke Fujii, Vissia Ardiyani, Elisa Carboni, Gareth Thomas
Summary: This study developed field emission factors for various pollutants in peatland fires and estimated the total emissions. Gas samples were collected using an analyzer, while particulate samples were collected using air samplers. The study found significant emissions of CO2, CO, PM2.5, carbon aerosols, water-soluble ions, and elements from the fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2019.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ligang Li, Yuyu Chen, Lu Fan, Dong Sun, Hu He, Yongshou Dai, Yong Wan, Fangfang Chen
Summary: A high-precision retrieval method based on a deep convolutional neural network and satellite remote sensing data is proposed to obtain accurate methane vertical profiles.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hyung Joo Lee, Toshihiro Kuwayama, Michael Fitzgibbon
Summary: This study investigated the changes in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution levels and their disparities in California, U.S. during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The results showed a decrease in NO2 concentrations, especially in urban and high-traffic areas. However, socially vulnerable populations still experienced higher levels of NO2 exposure. The study suggests that reducing NO2 disparities, particularly racial inequity, can be achieved through continued regulatory actions targeting traffic-related NOx emissions.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Chiara Pietrogrande, Beatrice Biffi, Cristina Colombi, Eleonora Cuccia, Umberto Dal Santo, Luisa Romanato
Summary: This study investigates the chemical composition and oxidative potential of PM10 particles in the Po Valley, Italy, and demonstrates the impact of high levels of atmosphere ammonia. The rural area had significantly higher ammonia concentrations compared to the urban site, resulting in higher levels of secondary inorganic aerosol. Although the SIA components did not contribute significantly to the PM10 oxidative reactivity, they were correlated with the oxidative potential measurements. This suggests that the contribution of SIA to PM oxidative toxicity cannot be ignored.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Natalie Allen, Jan Gacnik, Sarrah M. Dunham-Cheatham, Mae Sexauer Gustin
Summary: Accurate measurement of atmospheric reactive mercury is challenging due to its reactivity and low concentrations. The University of Nevada, Reno Reactive Mercury Active System (RMAS) has been shown to be more accurate than the industry standard, but has limitations including long time resolution and sampling biases. Increasing the sampling flow rate negatively affected RM concentrations, but did not impact the chemical composition of RM captured on membranes.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chin-Yu Hsu, Wei-Ting Hsu, Ching-Yi Mou, Pei-Yi Wong, Chih-Da Wu, Yu-Cheng Chen
Summary: This study estimated the daily exposure concentrations of PM2.5 for elderly individuals residing in different regions of Taiwan using land use regression with machine learning (LUR_ML) and microenvironmental exposure (ME) models. The accuracy of the models varied across regions, with the ME models exhibiting higher predictions and lower biases. The use of region-specific microenvironmental measurements in the ME model showed potential for accurate prediction of personal PM2.5 exposure.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaohan Si, Kerrie Mengersen, Chuchu Ye, Wenbiao Hu
Summary: This study found that there is an interactive effect between air pollutants and weather factors, which significantly affects influenza transmission. Future research should consider the interactive effects between pollutants and temperature or humidity to evaluate the environment-influenza association.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Luxi Xu, Ruijun Xu, Yunshao Ye, Rui Wang, Jing Wei, Chunxiang Shi, Qiaoxuan Lin, Ziquan Lv, Suli Huang, Qi Tian, Yuewei Liu
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of ambient air pollution on hospital admissions for angina. The results showed that exposure to ambient particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone are associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for angina. The association with nitrogen dioxide exposure was found to be the strongest.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinyu Yu, Man Sing Wong, Majid Nazeer, Zhengqiang Li, Coco Yin Tung Kwok
Summary: This study proposes a novel method to address the challenge of missing values in satellite-derived AOD products and creates a comprehensive daily AOD dataset for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. By reconstructing missing values and developing a new model, the derived dataset outperforms existing products and agrees well with ground-based observations. Additionally, the dataset exhibits consistent temporal patterns and more spatial details.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yidan Zhang, Yifan Xu, Bo Peng, Wu Chen, Xiaoyu Cui, Tianle Zhang, Xi Chen, Yuan Yao, Mingjin Wang, Junyi Liu, Mei Zheng, Tong Zhu
Summary: This study developed a sensitive method to measure the metallic components of atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and compared the results with different analysis methods. The concentrations of metallic components in personal PM2.5 samples were found to be significantly different from corresponding fixed-site samples. Personal sampling can reduce exposure misclassifications, and measuring metallic components is useful for exploring health risks and identifying sources of PM2.5.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Jamie Leonard, Lea Ann El Rassi, Mona Abdul Samad, Samantha Prehn, Sanjay K. Mohanty
Summary: Increasing concentrations of microplastics in the Earth's atmosphere could have adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. The deposition rate of airborne microplastics is influenced by both land use and climate, and a global analysis suggests that climate may have a greater impact on the concentration and deposition rate of microplastics than land use.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tian Zhou, Xiaowen Zhou, Zining Yang, Carmen Cordoba-Jabonero, Yufei Wang, Zhongwei Huang, Pengbo Da, Qiju Luo, Zhijuan Zhang, Jinsen Shi, Jianrong Bi, Hocine Alikhodja
Summary: This study investigated the long-range transport and effects of North African and Middle Eastern dust in East Asia using lidar observations and model simulations. The results showed that the dust originated from multiple sources and had a long transport time. The vertical distribution of the dust was found to be crucial for assessing its impacts.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2024)