Mortality attributable to ambient air pollution: A review of global estimates

A Pozzer, SC Anenberg, S Dey, A Haines… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the publication of the first epidemiological study to establish the connection between
long‐term exposure to atmospheric pollution and effects on human health, major efforts …

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations

J Gupta, X Bai, DM Liverman, J Rockström… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Delineating the spatial-temporal variation of air pollution with urbanization in the Belt and Road Initiative area

G Wei, Z Zhang, X Ouyang, Y Shen, S Jiang… - Environmental Impact …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid urbanization in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) area has aggravated the cross-
regional pollution of PM 2.5 and aroused concern about the conflicts between urban …

On the widespread enhancement in fine particulate matter across the Indo-Gangetic Plain towards winter

N Ojha, A Sharma, M Kumar, I Girach, TU Ansari… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5, aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 µm) impacts the
climate, reduces visibility and severely influences human health. The Indo-Gangetic Plain …

[HTML][HTML] A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution's contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts

S Chowdhury, A Pillarisetti, A Oberholzer, J Jetter… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct exposure to household fine particulate air pollution (HAP) associated with inefficient
combustion of fuels (wood, charcoal, coal, crop residues, kerosene, etc.) for cooking, space …

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 …

The impact of COVID-19 control measures on air quality in China

B Silver, X He, SR Arnold… - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China in January 2020
prompted substantial control measures including social distancing measures, suspension of …

Has air quality improved in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic? A parametric analysis

MA Zambrano-Monserrate, MA Ruano - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020 - Springer
Many governments around the world have enforced quarantine policies to control the
spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). These policies have had positive and …

Global impact of landscape fire emissions on surface level PM2. 5 concentrations, air quality exposure and population mortality

G Roberts, MJ Wooster - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Airborne fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) represents the greatest ambient air pollution risk to
health. Wildfires and managed burns, together referred to hereafter as 'landscape'fires, are a …