Air pollution, glymphatic impairment, and Alzheimer's disease

R Hussain, U Graham, A Elder, M Nedergaard - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Epidemiological evidence demonstrates a link between air pollution exposure and the onset
and progression of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, current …

Sleep matters: Neurodegeneration spectrum heterogeneity, combustion and friction ultrafine particles, industrial nanoparticle pollution, and sleep disorders—Denial is …

L Calderón-Garcidueñas, R Torres-Jardón… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sustained exposures to ubiquitous outdoor/indoor fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), including
combustion and friction ultrafine PM (UFPM) and industrial nanoparticles (NPs) starting in …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated analysis of air pollution from US coal-fired power plants

M Filonchyk, MP Peterson - Geoscience Frontiers, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The United States is one of the world's leaders in electricity production, generating
about 4116 billion kWh in 2021, of which coal accounted for 21.8% of the total. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Fingerprints of the COVID-19 economic downturn and recovery on ozone anomalies at high-elevation sites in North America and western Europe

D Putero, P Cristofanelli, KL Chang… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
With a few exceptions, most studies on tropospheric ozone (O 3) variability during and
following the COrona VIrus Disease (COVID-19) economic downturn focused on high …

Changes in aerosol properties at the El Arenosillo site in Southern Europe as a result of the 2023 Canadian forest fires

M Filonchyk, MP Peterson - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
From the beginning of May 2023 to the end of August 2023, the Northern Hemisphere
experienced significant wildfire activity with the most widespread fires occurring in Canada …

Investigation of the effects of the Greek extreme wildfires of August 2021 on air quality and spectral solar irradiance

A Masoom, I Fountoulakis, S Kazadzis… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
In August 2021, a historic heatwave was recorded in Greece which resulted in extreme
wildfire events that strongly affected the air quality over the city of Athens. Saharan dust was …

Spring heat waves drive record western United States snow melt in 2021

DJ McEvoy, BJ Hatchett - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Throughout the western US snow melted at an alarming rate in April 2021 and by May 1,
hydrologic conditions were severely degraded with declining summer water supply forecasts …

Ecological and human health hazards of soil heavy metals after wildfire: A case study of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, China

L Rao, C Zheng, JB Chen, JZ Cai, ZB Yang, XX Xu… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil samples were collected in at different depths from the conflagration area in Liangshan
Yi Autonomous Region, China, to investigate the distribution characteristics and ecological …

Hot spots and anomalies of CO2 over eastern Amazonia, Brazil: A time series from 2015 to 2018

GA de Araújo Santos, LFF Morais Filho… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The easternmost Amazon, located in the Maranhão State, in Brazil, has suffered massive
deforestation in recent years, which has devastated almost 80% of the original vegetation …

Impact of peri-urban forest fires on air quality and aerosol optical and chemical properties: The case of the August 2021 wildfires in Athens, Greece

DG Kaskaoutis, K Petrinoli, G Grivas… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wildfires occurring near urban areas are known to have exceedingly detrimental impacts on
the environment, air quality, economy and human health. In this framework, this study …