Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

Catalytic ozonation of VOCs at low temperature: A comprehensive review

B Liu, J Ji, B Zhang, W Huang, Y Gan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
VOCs abatement has attracted increasing interest because of the detrimental effects on both
atmospheric environment and human beings of VOCs. The assistance of ozone has enabled …

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 …

A two-pollutant strategy for improving ozone and particulate air quality in China

K Li, DJ Jacob, H Liao, J Zhu, V Shah, L Shen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) decreased by 30–40% across China during 2013–
2017 in response to the governmental Clean Air Action. However, surface ozone pollution …

Ground-level ozone pollution in China: a synthesis of recent findings on influencing factors and impacts

T Wang, L Xue, Z Feng, J Dai, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ozone (O3) in the troposphere is an air pollutant and a greenhouse gas. In mainland China,
after the Air Pollution Prevention and Action Plan was implemented in 2013—and despite …

Effects of anthropogenic and biogenic volatile organic compounds on Los Angeles air quality

S Gu, A Guenther, C Faiola - Environmental science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Assessing the role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in production of ozone and
secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is especially important in light of ongoing policy goals …

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

Q Zhang, Y Zheng, D Tong, M Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
From 2013 to 2017, with the implementation of the toughest-ever clean air policy in China,
significant declines in fine particle (PM2. 5) concentrations occurred nationwide. Here we …

Drivers of increasing ozone during the two phases of clean air actions in China 2013–2020

Y Liu, G Geng, J Cheng, Y Liu, Q Xiao… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In response to the severe air pollution issue, the Chinese government implemented two
phases (Phase I, 2013–2017; Phase II, 2018–2020) of clean air actions since 2013 …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trend of ozone pollution in China during 2014–2020: distinct seasonal and spatial characteristics and ozone sensitivity

W Wang, DD Parrish, S Wang, F Bao… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
In the past decade, ozone (O 3) pollution has become a severe environmental problem in
China's major cities. Here, based on available observational records, we investigated the …

Environmental benefits and household costs of clean heating options in northern China

M Zhou, H Liu, L Peng, Y Qin, D Chen, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Chinese government accelerated the clean residential heating transition in northern
China as part of a successful effort to improve regional air quality. Meanwhile, China has …