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NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

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MAY 15, 2022

A new NOAA study covering four decades of tropical cyclones found that reducing particulate air pollution in Europe and North America has contributed to an increase in the number of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin and a decrease in the number of these storms in the Southern Hemisphere. Credit: NOAA.

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Researchers say world faces air pollution pandemic

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MARCH 4, 2020

Air pollution is responsible for shortening people’s lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and vector-born diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and smoking, according to an open-access study published in Cardiovascular Research. Household air pollution is from the indoor use of solid biofuels.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

An international team of scientists, led by NTU Singapore, has linked increased air pollution to an uptick in cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) worldwide. Black carbon is a pollutant that is classified as under PM 2.5. Our findings pinpoint the necessity and urgency to reduce air pollutant emissions especially black carbon.

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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JANUARY 7, 2022

A second study, also led by the GWU researchers, finds that nearly 2 million cases of asthma in children are linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide air pollution, with two in three occurring in cities. Two-thirds of pediatric asthma cases linked to air pollution in cities. million excess deaths attributable to PM 2.5

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NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The results of the study were published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The reasons were two-fold: (i) increased air pollution led to households staying indoors more to mitigate the pollution impact; and (ii) PM 2.5 pollution ranges between 20 and 200 ?g/m³. —Prof Salvo.

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Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

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JUNE 19, 2020

A team of researchers, led by Professor Gavin Shaddick at the University of Exeter, has shown that, despite global efforts to improve air quality, half of the world’s population is exposed to increasing air pollution. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution.

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Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire

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MAY 10, 2019

The processes that create ozone pollution in the summer can also trigger the formation of wintertime air pollution, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA, in partnership with the University of Utah. A key control strategy is to reduce emissions of the limiting reagent.

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Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution

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NOVEMBER 5, 2017

pollution is significant, according to an analysis presented at ASN (American Society of Nephrology) Kidney Week. Populations in Mexico, Central America, Southeast Asia, India, and Northern Africa were amongst those with highest DALYs. The Global Burden of Kidney Disease Attributable to Air Pollution” (Abstract SA-OR056 ).

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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Study: PM2.5 pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

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AUGUST 24, 2018

pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new open-access study from a team of environmental engineers and public health researchers published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. The researchers looked at outdoor air pollution from particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5

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Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. exposures, inclusion of provider-initiated preterm births, and exposure to indoor air pollution. There are many known risk factors for preterm birth—from the mother’s age, to illness, to poverty and other social factors. Malley et al.

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Study suggests air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk; PM2.5 and ozone

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to a heightened risk of developing mouth cancer, suggests a study by a team of Taiwanese researchers. Diagnoses of mouth cancer were then linked to local area readings for air pollutants taken in 2009.

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Study finds shipping emissions in East Asia contribute to up to 37.5K premature deaths each year

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JULY 19, 2016

A study by a team of researchers from China and the US has shown that shipping emissions in East Asia accounted for 16% of global shipping CO 2 in 2013, compared to only 4–7% in 2002–2005. Asia’s share of world seaborne trade reached 38.7% The total number of vessels observed in 2013 in this region is 18,324.

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Study finds pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. Based on their findings, they suggested that emission increases in Southeast, East and South Asia may be most important for the ozone change.

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PNNL: increases in aerosols from East Asia decreased effects of reductions in US emissions in western states by 25%

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AUGUST 10, 2018

A study led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that, in the western United States, increases in aerosols from East Asia decreased the radiative warming effect induced by reductions in US emissions by 25% from 1980-2014. Resources. —Yang et al.

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Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

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MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. Emission factors (EFs) from scooters and other vehicles.

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IARC: Outdoor air pollution carcinogenic to humans

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). 161, Air Pollution and Cancer. The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances.

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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report. No society can afford to ignore air pollution.

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New analysis finds Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought

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AUGUST 12, 2015

New analysis by an international team led by MIT researchers shows that Asia now releases a surprisingly large amount of anthropogenic mercury. The result of this work, researchers say, could improve estimates of mercury pollution, and help refine pollution-control strategies around the world. Resources. Song et al.

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Toyota develops tropospheric ozone-concentration simulator for South and East Asia

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MAY 25, 2011

have developed a simulator able to predict tropospheric ozone concentrations across the whole of South and East Asia. The project was carried out in collaboration with Tsinghua University in China, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.

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Study Finds Asian Monsoon Carries Pollution Into the Stratosphere

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MARCH 27, 2010

The Asian monsoon circulation provides an effective pathway for pollution from Asia, India, and Indonesia to enter the global stratosphere, according to a new international study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. NCAR scientist William Randel, the lead author.

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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time. The research was supported in large part by the California Air Resources Board. One site was on Mt.

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Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

If air pollution emissions continue to rise at the current rate, some 6.6 The largest sources of air pollution are not industry and transport but small domestic fires and agriculture. The largest sources of air pollution are not industry and transport but small domestic fires and agriculture. Business as usual. Click to enlarge.

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Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

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AUGUST 14, 2015

In an analysis of hourly air pollution data (PM 2.5 ,PM PM 10 , SO 2 , NO 2 , O 3 and CO) from more than 1500 sites in China, Berkeley Earth has calculated that the observed air pollution contributes to ~1.6 million deaths/year previously estimated from a Huai River study using Chinese air pollution measurements and mortality data.

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OICR-led study shows that environmental exposures such as air pollution are more determinant of respiratory health than inherited genetics

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MARCH 8, 2018

Researchers from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), with colleagues at other institutions in Canada and the UK, have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated with respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry. A permutation test ( n ?=?10,000

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UNEP and partners launch Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities; role of public transport

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JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Study Links Springtime Ozone Increases Above Western North America to Emissions in Asia

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Springtime ozone levels above western North America are rising primarily due to air flowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean, a trend that is largest when the air originates in Asia. Tropospheric ozone is an important source of the hydroxyl radical, an oxidant that breaks down most pollutants and some greenhouse gases. Cooper, Ph.D.

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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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AUGUST 19, 2019

The team used a combination of climate, air quality, and epidemiological models to assess future air pollution deaths in a changing climate under Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP Our results indicate that climate change and more intense extremes are likely to increase the risk of severe pollution events in China.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In some parts of Asia, Africa and South America, the researchers identified data gaps which prevented them from characterizing ozone pollution exposure patterns. However, overall, Southern Hemisphere sites tend to have lower ozone pollution levels, and fewer days above 70 ppb. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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MARCH 25, 2020

This puffy line is not just exhaust from the engine, but a change in the clouds that’s caused by small airborne particles of pollution. Pollution from ships creates lines of clouds that can stretch hundreds of miles. This path is also part of a popular open-ocean shipping route between Europe and Asia. NASA Earth Observatory.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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MAY 10, 2020

Detailed high-resolution maps of urban change are crucial for studying greenhouse gas emissions, urban heat island effects, population exposure to extreme weather events and air pollution, land-use change dynamics, ecosystem carbon losses, urban sustainability and development pathways. Huang, Y.,

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Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in the journal Nature. mile)-thick brown cloud has been linked to altered rainfall patterns in South Asia, for example. Scientists are working to better understand atmospheric brown clouds and their effects. A three-kilometer (1.9-mile)-thick Evan, James P.

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Study finds that under business-as-usual scenario, average global air quality to worsen; China, North India and Middle East are the hot spots

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Population-Weighted Multi Pollutant Index (PW-MPI) values for different regions. It should be emphasized that this result is strongly influenced by the high population density in Asia (i.e. In fact, East and South Asia both have the highest MPI values and the highest population densities. Source: Pozzer et al.

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Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

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APRIL 4, 2012

Singh, Tanveer Ahmed, Nithya Ramanathan, and Veerabhadran Ramanathan (2012) Real-Time Assessment of Black Carbon Pollution in Indian Households Due to Traditional and Improved Biomass Cookstoves. Abhishek Kar, Ibrahim H. Rehman, Jennifer Burney, S. Praveen Puppala, Ramasubramanyaiyer Suresh, Lokendra Singh, Vivek K.

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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JUNE 28, 2018

Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO 2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in S cience Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Bo Zheng, Steven J.

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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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APRIL 18, 2018

Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death worldwide according to the State of Global Air 2018 , the annual report and interactive website published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). Millions of people around the world are also exposed to air pollution in their homes arising from the use of solid fuels (e.g.,

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Study: 87% of world’s population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines

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DECEMBER 6, 2015

increased by 20.4%, driven by trends in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China, according to the team’s findings. from 1990–2013 with increases in most countries—except for modest decreases in North America, parts of Europe, and several countries in Southeast Asia. Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM 2.5

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Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

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APRIL 26, 2024

While it’s nice to see electric cars hitting the road in the West, there are hundreds of millions of polluting two and four-stroke scooters and motorcycles in Asia that have a much larger impact on air quality and carbon emissions. So that model heading to Nepal makes a lot of sense.

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Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

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MAY 1, 2018

They found that levels of pollutants that can contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog, have failed to continue a fairly steady decline as estimated by the US Environmental Protection Agency. We were surprised by the discrepancy between the estimates of emissions and the actual measurements of pollutants in the atmosphere.

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Researchers identify new nitrated PAH compounds from combustion that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than parent PAHs

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JANUARY 6, 2014

These new compounds were not previously known to exist, and raise additional concerns about the health impacts of heavily-polluted urban air or dietary exposure. PAHs are one of the types of pollutants found on particulate matter in air pollution that are of special concern. Staci Simonich. Carter, Tian-Wei Yu, Roderick H.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. Ship air pollution effects are greatest in areas where heavily travelled ship routes exist in, and next to, densely populated communities. Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America.

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California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

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MAY 28, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are collaborating in the $20-million CalNex research project to examine the nexus between air pollution and climate change. The gray ellipse approximately represents the direction of current trends in the US. Source: NOAA.

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ICCT study examines current & projected use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping; growth in BC emissions points to need for policies

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MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. —Comer et al.

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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. Ample natural gas resources exist to support demand growth, but greater gas infrastructure development is needed to support growth in the medium term.

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NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

Researchers say world faces air pollution pandemic

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire

Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution

Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Study: PM2.5 pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

Study suggests air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk; PM2.5 and ozone

Study finds shipping emissions in East Asia contribute to up to 37.5K premature deaths each year

Study finds pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone

PNNL: increases in aerosols from East Asia decreased effects of reductions in US emissions in western states by 25%

Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

IARC: Outdoor air pollution carcinogenic to humans

UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

New analysis finds Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought

Toyota develops tropospheric ozone-concentration simulator for South and East Asia

Study Finds Asian Monsoon Carries Pollution Into the Stratosphere

Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

OICR-led study shows that environmental exposures such as air pollution are more determinant of respiratory health than inherited genetics

UNEP and partners launch Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities; role of public transport

Study Links Springtime Ozone Increases Above Western North America to Emissions in Asia

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

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

Study finds that under business-as-usual scenario, average global air quality to worsen; China, North India and Middle East are the hot spots

Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

Study: 87% of world’s population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines

Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

Researchers identify new nitrated PAH compounds from combustion that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than parent PAHs

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

ICCT study examines current & projected use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping; growth in BC emissions points to need for policies

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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