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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. and ozone exposure, respectively. and ozone exposure, respectively. C) and ozone (D) exposure are shown.

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NASA-led study identifies unprecedented depletion of stratospheric ozone layer above Arctic

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A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. The same ozone-loss processes occur each winter in the Arctic.

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Study Concludes Warming Climate Will Increase Ozone Levels in Major California Air Basins; Climate Change and Regional Air Quality Are Intertwined Problems

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Illustration of projected ozone changes in the South Coast region due to climate change in 2050. Areas in orange and red could see ozone concentrations elevated by 9 to 18 parts per billion. We must consider climate change and air pollution together as we plan for the future. —Dr. Kleeman of UC Davis, lead author.

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New study finds asthma morbidity in children is enhanced in areas with high traffic-related air pollution near the home

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for future control measures. The UC Davis/California Institute of Technology (UCD/CIT) Source Oriented Chemical Transport Model was used to output daily POA (primary organic aerosols) and SOA (secondary organic aerosols) at a 4x4 km resolution. Hospital encounters for asthma were linked to PM 2.5

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Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols

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The use of petroleum-derived fuels is an important source of reactive gas-phase organic carbon that provides key precursors to the formation of secondary OA (SOA) and tropospheric ozone. Dallmann, Laura Davis, Shang Liu, Douglas A. —Gentner et al. —Gentner et al. Gentner, Gabriel Isaacman, David R. Worton, Arthur W.

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