Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and its effects on human health: An overeview

MA Mallah, L Changxing, MA Mallah, S Noreen, Y Liu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of chemicals of considerable
environmental significance. PAHs are chemical contaminants of fused carbon and hydrogen …

Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] Safe and just Earth system boundaries

J Rockström, J Gupta, D Qin, SJ Lade, JF Abrams… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Air pollution exposure disparities across US population and income groups

A Jbaily, X Zhou, J Liu, TH Lee, L Kamareddine… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Air pollution contributes to the global burden of disease, with ambient exposure to fine
particulate matter of diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) being identified as the fifth …

Digital economy, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions: Evidence from provincial panel data in China

L Zhang, R Mu, Y Zhan, J Yu, L Liu, Y Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving energy efficiency and lowering carbon emissions are of great importance to
realize the “dual carbon” goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Digital economy is a …

[HTML][HTML] Global urban temporal trends in fine particulate matter (PM2· 5) and attributable health burdens: estimates from global datasets

VA Southerland, M Brauer, A Mohegh… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background With much of the world's population residing in urban areas, an understanding
of air pollution exposures at the city level can inform mitigation approaches. Previous studies …

Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem

K Vohra, A Vodonos, J Schwartz, EA Marais… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The burning of fossil fuels–especially coal, petrol, and diesel–is a major source of airborne
fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), and a key contributor to the global burden of mortality and …

[HTML][HTML] Air quality and health co-benefits of China's carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030

R Tang, J Zhao, Y Liu, X Huang, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent evidence shows that carbon emissions in China are likely to peak ahead of 2030.
However, the social and economic impacts of such an early carbon peak have rarely been …

Transportation noise pollution and cardiovascular disease

T Münzel, M Sørensen, A Daiber - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with high-quality evidence for ischaemic heart …

Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–2017

G Geng, Y Zheng, Q Zhang, T Xue, H Zhao, D Tong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Between 2002 and 2017, China's gross domestic product grew by 284%, but this
surge was accompanied by a similarly prodigious growth in energy consumption, air …