Aging in rural communities

SA Cohen, ML Greaney - Current epidemiology reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Population aging is occurring worldwide, particularly in
developed countries such as the United States (US). However, in the US, the population is …

Global, regional and national trends of atmospheric ammonia derived from a decadal (2008–2018) satellite record

M Van Damme, L Clarisse, B Franco… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Excess atmospheric ammonia (NH 3) leads to deleterious effects on biodiversity,
ecosystems, air quality and health, and it is therefore essential to monitor its budget and …

Recent PM2.5 air quality improvements in India benefited from meteorological variation

Y Xie, M Zhou, KMR Hunt, DL Mauzerall - Nature Sustainability, 2024 - nature.com
Improving air quality amid rapid industrialization and population growth is a huge challenge
for India. To tackle this challenge, the Indian government implemented the National Clean …

Rapid rise in premature mortality due to anthropogenic air pollution in fast-growing tropical cities from 2005 to 2018

K Vohra, EA Marais, WJ Bloss, J Schwartz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Tropical cities are experiencing rapid growth but lack routine air pollution monitoring to
develop prescient air quality policies. Here, we conduct targeted sampling of recent (2000s …

Rapid night-time nanoparticle growth in Delhi driven by biomass-burning emissions

S Mishra, SN Tripathi, VP Kanawade, SL Haslett… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural and anthropogenic biomass burning are among the major sources of particulate
pollution worldwide that affects air quality, climate and human health. Delhi, one of the …

Anomalous increase in global atmospheric ammonia during COVID-19 lockdown: Need policies to curb agricultural emissions

J Kuttippurath, VK Patel, R Kashyap, A Singh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The restrictions imposed on human activities during the COVID-19 lockdown (LD) period
provided a new scenario to identify potential sources of atmospheric pollution. There are …

Enhanced secondary aerosol formation driven by excess ammonia during fog episodes in Delhi, India

P Acharja, K Ali, SD Ghude, V Sinha, B Sinha… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) has high wintertime fine aerosol loadings that
significantly modulate the widespread fog formation and sustenance. Here, we investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary PM decreases significantly less than NO emission reductions during COVID lockdown in Germany

V Balamurugan, J Chen, Z Qu, X Bi… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
This study estimates the influence of anthropogenic emission reductions on the
concentration of particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 µ m (PM 2.5) during the …

Adoption of cleaner technologies and reduction in fire events in the hotspots lead to global decline in carbon monoxide

A Joshi, M Pathak, J Kuttippurath, VK Patel - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is not a greenhouse gas (GHG), but has the capacity to change
atmospheric chemistry of other GHGs such as methane and ozone, and therefore indirectly …

Demystifying risk attitudes and fertilizer use: a review focusing on the behavioral factors associated with agricultural nitrogen emissions in South Asia

T Begho, V Eory, K Glenk - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fertilizer use is environmentally unsustainable in South Asia. Ideally, farmers would follow
optimal fertilization rates for crops based on scientific recommendations. However, there is …