Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

JF Kok, T Storelvmo, VA Karydis, AA Adebiyi… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mineral dust aerosols impact the energy budget of Earth through interactions with radiation,
clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we …

Respiratory aerosols and droplets in the transmission of infectious diseases

ML Pöhlker, C Pöhlker, OO Krüger, JD Förster… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
Knowing the physicochemical properties of exhaled droplets and aerosol particles is a
prerequisite for a detailed mechanistic understanding and effective prevention of the …

Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere

D Liu, C He, JP Schwarz, X Wang - NPJ climate and atmospheric …, 2020 - nature.com
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing
organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via heating …

Ice‐nucleating particles that impact clouds and climate: Observational and modeling research needs

SM Burrows, CS McCluskey, G Cornwell… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric ice‐nucleating particles (INPs) play a critical role in cloud freezing processes,
with important implications for precipitation formation and cloud radiative properties, and …

Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges

Q Jin, J Wei, WKM Lau, B Pu, C Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

PFAS on atmospheric aerosol particles: a review

JA Faust - Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants of concern to
human health. These synthetic chemicals are in widespread use for consumer products …

Organic coating reduces hygroscopic growth of phase-separated aerosol particles

W Li, X Teng, X Chen, L Liu, L Xu, J Zhang… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
A large fraction of secondary aerosol particles are liquid–liquid phase-separated with an
organic shell and an inorganic core. This has the potential to regulate the hygroscopicity of …

Harmful algal bloom toxins in aerosol generated from inland lake water

NE Olson, ME Cooke, JH Shi, JA Birbeck… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by cyanobacteria in freshwater environments produce
toxins (eg, microcystin) that are harmful to human and animal health. HAB frequency and …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of methods to characterize the mass, size, and morphology of soot

TA Sipkens, A Boies, JC Corbin, RK Chakrabarty… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion and other high-temperature processes can produce solid aerosol nanoparticles
with complex morphologies, including fractal-like aggregates of primary particles …