Posts for tag "air quality"
Clearing the Air: Insights into New York’s Air Quality Monitoring Network and Strategies
“AIR QUALITY ALERT” warnings dominate television screens across the U.S. as pollen counts climb and air pollution worsens. While stories cautioning against people going outside and increases in air contaminants skyrocket mostly during the summer, air quality...
- Posted July 10, 2023
Unprecedented Discovery Leads to Advanced Volcanic CO2 Detection by Satellite
OCO-2 shows it is capable of detecting point sources of CO2, including volcanoes, using advanced spectrometry.
- Posted December 23, 2017
Imperial County Residents Help Tackle Air Monitoring
Health officials and community action groups team up to install low-cost air quality monitors in Imperial County, California.
- Posted November 20, 2017
High Air Pollution Lowers Lung Cancer Survival Time
University of Southern California scientists find that lung cancer patients in areas with more air pollution see lower survival times.
- Posted August 16, 2016
Air Quality Near Fracking: Highest Emissions During Flowback
Colorado State U. scientists complete a study of emissions from gas wells in Garfield County, Colo., where air quality near fracking is a big concern.
- Posted July 13, 2016
Prototype Air Quality Sensors Tackle Delhi, India Air
Air quality sensors in development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology may help bring down costs and up the resolution of Delhi, India air monitoring.
- Posted July 8, 2016
Air Pollution Gains Ground As Contributor To Stroke Risk
Through a survey of global risk factors for stroke, Auckland University of Technology researchers have uncovered that air pollution is a major contributor to strokes, according to The Guardian. Those involved in the effort didn’t expect to...
- Posted July 7, 2016
Global Ethane Emissions Up After Long-Term Decline
Ethane, a potent greenhouse gas, was in decline globally after a peak in 1970 due to improved emission controls on automobiles as well as oil and gas production, storage and distribution. A study from the University of...
- Posted June 27, 2016
Oil Sands Largest Producer Of Secondary Organic Aerosols In North America
Secondary organic aerosols are a type of anthropogenic emission known to cause great harm to people and climate. The aerosol particles of this type of pollutant are 2.5 microns or less in diameter, a breathable size that...
- Posted June 15, 2016
Better Remote Air Quality Data With KORUS-AQ
An international team of scientists is conducting research flights across South Korea to assess air quality as part of the KORUS-AQ campaign.
- Posted June 9, 2016
Europe Lags Behind U.S. In Cutting Air Pollution
European countries are lagging behind the United States when it comes to cutting air pollution, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). To make the determination, the organization compiled air quality data from...
- Posted June 7, 2016
Rickshaw-Mounted Sensors Track Delhi Air Pollution
Throughout the months of April and early May, a group of researchers in India studied Delhi air pollution using air quality sensors deployed on rickshaws, car-like machines that carry passengers around the overpopulated city of 24 million...
- Posted May 24, 2016
Air Pollution Hurting U.S. Plant Diversity
Scientists at the University of Colorado have found that air pollution in the United States is having a harmful effect on our plant diversity, according to the Denver Post. They considered 15,000 forest, woodland and grassland sites...
- Posted May 11, 2016
Pigeon Air Patrol Used For Tracking London Air Quality
Air pollution is estimated to cause 10,000 early deaths in London each year, according to a report by scientists at King’s College. Yet many residents of the city don’t really think about the issue of poor air...
- Posted March 28, 2016
Bad Air Linked To Emotional Problems In Children
Kids behaving badly? A new study says air pollution may be to blame, according to a press release from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute researchers collaborated on...
- Posted March 24, 2016
Mercury Emissions Down 30 Percent From 1990 To 2010
On a global level, emissions of mercury went down 30 percent from 1990 to 2010, according to a release from Harvard University. Scientists at the school helped in an international investigation to chart the declines, which for...
- Posted January 21, 2016
Dutch Smog Free Tower Cleans Up Air Pollution
Giving a new meaning to the words “fresh air,” the Dutch have introduced a Smog Free Tower that actually cleans the air in any outdoor environment where it is placed, according to Grist. The first such tower...
- Posted October 5, 2015
Air Pollution, Largely From Farms, Kills Millions Every Year
All over the globe, air pollution kills millions, according to an Associated Press report on an international study. Unexpectedly, the most important source of air pollution in many cases was found to be farms. Animal waste and...
- Posted October 5, 2015
UNEP Device Could Make Air Monitoring Cheaper For Developing Countries
The United Nations Environment Programme is looking to make it cheaper and easier for developing nations to launch air quality monitoring networks. To that end, the Programme has aided in the development of a new, low-cost system...
- Posted September 16, 2015
China’s Carbon Emissions Overestimated In 13-Year Period
A study published in Nature found that from 2000 to 2013, China’s total energy consumption put 2.9 fewer gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere than previously thought. The researchers measured Chinese emission factors, which indicate the amount...
- Posted September 11, 2015
