Pollutant emissions from biomass burning: A review on emission characteristics, environmental impacts, and research perspectives

K Jiang, R Xing, Z Luo, W Huang, F Yi, Y Men, N Zhao… - Particuology, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass is one most abundant resource on the earth providing important energies in
support of socioeconomic development in many areas. Burning of biomass fuels comprises …

Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review

P Artaxo, HC Hansson, MO Andreae… - Tellus. Series B …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bonan et al., 1992, Bonan …

Persistent fire foci in all biomes undermine the Paris Agreement in Brazil

CA da Silva Junior, PE Teodoro, RC Delgado… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Brazil is one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Fire foci across the
country contributes to these emissions and compromises emission reduction targets …

Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change

A De Marco, P Sicard, Z Feng… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is an integral part of global change, most of the research addressing the effects of
climate change on forests have overlooked the role of environmental pollution. Similarly …

In the line of fire: Analyzing burning impacts on air pollution and air quality in an Amazonian city, Brazil

FR de Moura, PDW Machado, PF Ramires… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil is grappling with escalating wildfire incidents, particularly in the ecotone region of
Cerrado-Amazon, attributed to climate change and anthropogenic factors. These wildfires …

The impact of long-term weather changes on air quality in Brazil

FJ Castelhano, ACN Pedroso, I Cobelo, R Borge… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we estimate the weather-related increases in ambient air pollution (CO, NO 2,
SO 2, O 3 and PM 2.5) in Brazil between 2003 and 2018. The impact of long-term weather …

Evaluation and comparison of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithms over Brazil

AP Rudke, JA Martins, LD Martins, CLZ Vieira… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Brazil experiences significant aerosol loads throughout the year, particularly during the
biomass-burning season in the Amazon. Thus, given the importance of aerosols for climate …

Satellite-observed relationships between land cover, burned area, and atmospheric composition over the southern Amazon

E Sands, RJ Pope, RM Doherty… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Land surface changes can have substantial impacts on biosphere–atmosphere interactions.
In South America, rainforests abundantly emit biogenic volatile organic compounds …

Analysis of how the spatial and temporal patterns of fire and their bioclimatic and anthropogenic drivers vary across the Amazon rainforest in El Niño and non-El Niño …

M Singh, X Zhu - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
In the past two decades, Amazon rainforest countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Peru and Venezuela) have experienced a substantial increase in fire frequency …

Impact of exposure to smoke from biomass burning in the Amazon rain forest on human health

M Urrutia-Pereira, LV Rizzo… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
This review study aimed to determine the relationship between exposure to smoke from
biomass burning in the Amazon rain forest and its implications on human health in that …