The COVID-19 lockdowns: a window into the Earth System

NS Diffenbaugh, CB Field, EA Appel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Restrictions to reduce human interaction have helped to avoid greater suffering and death
from the COVID-19 pandemic, but have also created socioeconomic hardship. This …

Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

Unexpected air pollution with marked emission reductions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

T Le, Y Wang, L Liu, J Yang, YL Yung, G Li, JH Seinfeld - Science, 2020 - science.org
The absence of motor vehicle traffic and suspended manufacturing during the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China enabled assessment of the efficiency of air …

[HTML][HTML] Progress of air pollution control in China and its challenges and opportunities in the ecological civilization era

X Lu, S Zhang, J Xing, Y Wang, W Chen, D Ding, Y Wu… - Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
China's past economic growth has substantially relied on fossil fuels, causing serious air
pollution issues. Decoupling economic growth and pollution has become the focus in …

Anthropogenic emission inventories in China: a review

M Li, H Liu, G Geng, C Hong, F Liu… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The development of reliable anthropogenic emission inventories is essential for both
understanding the sources of air pollution and designing effective air-pollution-control …

Short-term and long-term health impacts of air pollution reductions from COVID-19 lockdowns in China and Europe: a modelling study

P Giani, S Castruccio, A Anav, D Howard… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to poor air quality leads to increased premature mortality from
cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Among the far-reaching implications of the ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China

J Chen, C Li, Z Ristovski, A Milic, Y Gu, MS Islam… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a significant air pollution source, with global, regional and local
impacts on air quality, public health and climate. Worldwide an extensive range of studies …

Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

Z Li, J Guo, A Ding, H Liao, J Liu, Y Sun… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

Response of major air pollutants to COVID-19 lockdowns in China

Z Pei, G Han, X Ma, H Su, W Gong - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19 suddenly struck Wuhan at the end of 2019 and soon spread to the whole country
and the rest of world in 2020. To mitigate the pandemic, China authority has taken …

Air pollution reduction in China: Recent success but great challenge for the future

Y Zeng, Y Cao, X Qiao, BC Seyler, Y Tang - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
China's rapid economic growth has caused severe air pollution, raising serious concerns
about the growing evidence of its negative health, environmental, and economic impacts …