Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

Global evaluation of carbon neutrality and peak carbon dioxide emissions: Current challenges and future outlook

S Yang, D Yang, W Shi, C Deng, C Chen… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
With the acceleration of urbanization and industrialization, carbon neutrality and peak
carbon dioxide emissions have become common sustainability goals worldwide. However …

Tracking Daily Concentrations of PM2.5 Chemical Composition in China since 2000

S Liu, G Geng, Q Xiao, Y Zheng, X Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
PM2. 5 chemical components play significant roles in the climate, air quality, and public
health, and the roles vary due to their different physicochemical properties. Obtaining …

Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus in China: Implications for traffic and industrial emissions

Y Wang, Y Yuan, Q Wang, CG Liu, Q Zhi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Measures taken to control the disease (Covid-19) caused by the novel coronavirus
dramatically reduced the number of vehicles on the road and diminished factory production …

Ammonia emission control in China would mitigate haze pollution and nitrogen deposition, but worsen acid rain

M Liu, X Huang, Y Song, J Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
China has been experiencing fine particle (ie, aerodynamic diameters≤ 2.5 µm; PM2. 5)
pollution and acid rain in recent decades, which exert adverse impacts on human health and …

Dominant role of emission reduction in PM air quality improvement in Beijing during 2013–2017: a model-based decomposition analysis

J Cheng, J Su, T Cui, X Li, X Dong, F Sun… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
In 2013, China's government published the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan
(APPCAP) with a specific target for Beijing, which aims to reduce annual mean PM2. 5 …

Explosive secondary aerosol formation during severe haze in the North China Plain

J Peng, M Hu, D Shang, Z Wu, Z Du, T Tan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Severe haze events with exceedingly high-levels of fine aerosols occur frequently over the
past decades in the North China Plain (NCP), exerting profound impacts on human health …

Primary and secondary aerosols in Beijing in winter: sources, variations and processes

Y Sun, W Du, P Fu, Q Wang, J Li, X Ge… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Winter has the worst air pollution of the year in the megacity of Beijing. Despite extensive
winter studies in recent years, our knowledge of the sources, formation mechanisms and …

Typical layered structure bismuth-based photocatalysts for photocatalytic nitrogen oxides oxidation

C Ma, J Wei, K Jiang, J Chen, Z Yang, X Yang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional NO x treatment methods require external reducing reagents and harsh reaction
conditions, which is not conducive to effectively eliminate NO x at low concentration …

Changes in aerosol chemistry from 2014 to 2016 in winter in Beijing: Insights from high‐resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

W Xu, Y Sun, Q Wang, J Zhao, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Air quality has been continuously improved in recent years in Beijing, yet severe haze
episodes still frequently occur in winter. Here we deployed an Aerodyne high‐resolution …