A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system

C Dislich, AC Keyel, J Salecker, Y Kisel… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use
change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted …

Connections between air pollution, climate change, and cardiovascular health

B Alahmad, H Khraishah, K Althalji, W Borchert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

GR Van Der Werf, JT Randerson… - Earth System …, 2017 - essd.copernicus.org
Climate, land use, and other anthropogenic and natural drivers have the potential to
influence fire dynamics in many regions. To develop a mechanistic understanding of the …

Fire carbon emissions over maritime southeast Asia in 2015 largest since 1997

V Huijnen, MJ Wooster, JW Kaiser, DLA Gaveau… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract In September and October 2015 widespread forest and peatland fires burned over
large parts of maritime southeast Asia, most notably Indonesia, releasing large amounts of …

Biomass burning aerosols in most climate models are too absorbing

H Brown, X Liu, R Pokhrel, S Murphy, Z Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Uncertainty in the representation of biomass burning (BB) aerosol composition and optical
properties in climate models contributes to a range in modeled aerosol effects on incoming …

Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September–October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies …

SN Koplitz, LJ Mickley, ME Marlier… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions
set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to …

The status and challenge of global fire modelling

S Hantson, A Arneth, SP Harrison, DI Kelley… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Biomass burning impacts vegetation dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, atmospheric
chemistry, and climate, with sometimes deleterious socio-economic impacts. Under future …

Impact of PM2. 5 in indoor urban environments: A review

NR Martins, GC Da Graca - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Airborne fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a pollutant that is found in all urban
environments. PM2. 5 is predominantly generated by traffic and domestic fuel combustion …

Generation and analysis of a new global burned area product based on MODIS 250 m reflectance bands and thermal anomalies

E Chuvieco, J Lizundia-Loiola… - Earth System …, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
This paper presents a new global burned area (BA) product, generated from the Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) red (R) and near-infrared (NIR) reflectances …

Assessing costs of Indonesian fires and the benefits of restoring peatland

L Kiely, DV Spracklen, SR Arnold… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Deforestation and drainage has made Indonesian peatlands susceptible to burning. Large
fires occur regularly, destroying agricultural crops and forest, emitting large amounts of CO2 …