[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic: What can we learn for better air quality and human health?

K Ravindra, T Singh, S Vardhan, A Shrivastava… - Journal of infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 lockdown resulted in improved air quality in many cities across the world.
With the objective of what could be the new learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and …

[HTML][HTML] The state of science on severe air pollution episodes: Quantitative and qualitative analysis

L Morawska, T Zhu, N Liu, MA Torkmahalleh… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe episodic air pollution blankets entire cities and regions and have a profound impact
on humans and their activities. We compiled daily fine particle (PM 2.5) data from 100 cities …

[HTML][HTML] Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to 'anthropogenic emissions switch-off'during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities

P Kumar, S Hama, H Omidvarborna, A Sharma… - Sustainable cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic elicited a global response to limit associated mortality, with social
distancing and lockdowns being imposed. In India, human activities were restricted from late …

Diurnal and temporal changes in air pollution during COVID-19 strict lockdown over different regions of India

V Singh, S Singh, A Biswal, AP Kesarkar, S Mor… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lockdown measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a considerable change
in air pollution worldwide. We estimate the temporal and diurnal changes of the six criteria …

Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality

Y Sathe, P Gupta, M Bawase, L Lamsal… - Sustainable cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The strict nationwide lockdown imposed in India starting from 25 th March 2020 to prevent
the spread of COVID-19 disease reduced the mobility and interrupted several important …

Microplastics in the atmosphere: adsorb on leaves and their effects on the phyllosphere bacterial community

L Xu, K Li, X Bai, G Zhang, X Tian, Q Tang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phyllosphere is the largest interface between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems
and serves as a major sink for atmospheric microplastics (MPs). It is also a unique habitat for …

[HTML][HTML] In-car particulate matter exposure across ten global cities

P Kumar, S Hama, T Nogueira, RA Abbass… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cars are a commuting lifeline worldwide, despite contributing significantly to air pollution.
This is the first global assessment on air pollution exposure in cars across ten cities: Dhaka …

Variation of PM2. 5 and inhalation dose across transport microenvironments in Delhi

V Singh, A Agarwal - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Travelers are exposed to higher levels of Particulate Matter (PM). The present study
investigates variability in exposure to PM 2.5 for eight transport microenvironments. Data …

[HTML][HTML] The underpinning factors affecting the classroom air quality, thermal comfort and ventilation in 30 classrooms of primary schools in London

S Hama, P Kumar, A Tiwari, Y Wang, PF Linden - Environmental research, 2023 - Elsevier
The health and academic performance of children are significantly impacted by air quality in
classrooms. However, there is a lack of understanding of the relationship between …

Very high particulate pollution over northwest India captured by a high-density in situ sensor network

T Singh, Y Matsumi, T Nakayama, S Hayashida… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2. 5) is a cause of concern in
cities and major emission regions of northern India. An intensive field campaign involving …