Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future …

R Ochoa-Hueso, S Munzi, R Alonso… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, their unique biodiversity, and the key services they
provide are currently at risk due to air pollution and climate change, yet only a limited …

[HTML][HTML] Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks

J Vieira, P Matos, T Mexia, P Silva, N Lopes… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing human population concentrated in urban areas lead to the increase of road
traffic and artificial areas, consequently enhancing air pollution and urban heat island …

Source apportionment of atmospheric ammonia before, during, and after the 2014 APEC summit in Beijing using stable nitrogen isotope signatures

Y Chang, X Liu, C Deng, AJ Dore… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Stable nitrogen isotope composition (δ 15 N) offers new opportunities to address the long-
standing and ongoing controversy regarding the origins of ambient ammonia (NH 3), a vital …

A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates

D Lindenmayer, J Pierson, P Barton, M Beger… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Surrogate concepts are used in all sub-disciplines of environmental science. However,
controversy remains regarding the extent to which surrogates are useful for resolving …

Nitrogen and sulfur deposition over a region in SW Europe based on a regional atmospheric chemical transport model

MA Oliveira, SJ Tomlinson, EJ Carnell, AJ Dore… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air quality affects both ecosystems and human health. To assess the effects of air pollution,
spatially explicit information of pollutants is needed. Atmospheric chemistry transport models …

The role of forest in mitigating the impact of atmospheric dust pollution in a mixed landscape

A Santos, P Pinho, S Munzi, MJ Botelho… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Atmospheric dust pollution, especially particulate matter below 2.5 μm, causes 3.3 million
premature deaths per year worldwide. Although pollution sources are increasingly well …

Research highlights: natural passive samplers–plants as biomonitors

VS Lin - Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past decade, interest in boosting the collection of data on environmental pollutants
while reducing costs has spurred intensive research into passive samplers, instruments that …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring and mapping the effectiveness of the European Air Quality Directive in reducing N and S deposition at the ecosystem level

HC Serrano, MA Oliveira, C Barros, AS Augusto… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
To protect human health and the environment (namely ecosystems), international air quality
protocols and guidelines, like the Gothenburg protocol (1999) and the 2001 EU Air Quality …

The multi-isotope biogeochemistry (S, C, N and Pb) of Hypogymnia physodes lichens: air quality approach in the Świętokrzyski National Park, Poland

MM Ciężka, M Górka, A Trzyna… - … in Environmental and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The isotope biogeochemistry of bioindicators has widely demonstrated its added value in
environmental issues by allowing to precisely identify sources of contamination. Most of the …

Air Quality at Ponta Delgada City (Azores) Is Unaffected so Far by Growing Cruise Ship Transit in Recent Years

F Bernardo, P Garcia, A Rodrigues - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ease of travel allowed by contemporary means of long-range transportation has brought
increasingly higher numbers of visitors to remote and relatively undisturbed insular …