Rainfall is a key link in the global water cycle and a proxy for changing climate; therefore, proper assessment of the urban environment’s impact on rainfall will be increasingly important...
The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers’ Health (Book Chapter)
Abstract - Air pollution and climate change have numerous health hazards for pregnant...
What is known about the health effects of gas extraction by induced hydraulic fracturing of gas-bearing rock — ie, fracking? A workshop held on Nov 15, 2013, at the London School of Hygiene...
The combustion of solid fuels (like wood, animal dung, and coal) usually involves elevated temperatures and altered pressures and genotoxicants (e.g., PAHs) are likely to form. These substances...
Abstract - Fossil fuel combustion processes that generate greenhouse gases (GHG) also emit and or cause the creation of other harmful air pollutants. Thus, while policies designed to avert the...
This brochure explains introduces the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV), the campaigns it runs, its goals, insitutional framework, and achievements. The PCFV promotes the adoption of...
Dr. Drew Shindell – Chair of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) – addresses misconceptions revealed by the Guardian article “Climate Impact of Black Carbon...
Time to Act, released in abbreviated form in 2013, has already proved valuable to governments, organizations, businesses and others interested in new ways to reduce global warming, improve health...
Because people spend the majority of their time indoors, the variable efficiency with which ambient PM2.5 penetrates and persists indoors is a source of error in epidemiologic studies...
We determined emission factors for open burning of straw of rice, wheat, and barley, as well as rice husks, and we incorporated the effects of moisture content on the emission factors for the...