Dec. 2, 2020 Researchers have discovered that ozone -- a component of outdoor and indoor air -- can react with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of cannabis, on glass or cotton surfaces to ...
Nov. 23, 2020 Researchers model urban airflows to help improve the design of drones, skyscrapers, and natural ventilation ...
Nov. 18, 2020 In a study of women aged 80 years and older, living in locations with higher exposures to air pollution was associated with increased depressive ...
Nov. 17, 2020 Using computer models to generate a COVID-free 2020 for comparison, NASA researchers found that since February, pandemic restrictions have reduced global nitrogen dioxide concentrations by nearly 20 ...
Nov. 13, 2020 When air quality worsens, either from the smoke and ozone of summer or the inversion of winter, most of us stay indoors. But for individuals experiencing homelessness, that's not always an ...
Nov. 12, 2020 Early-life events, such as the exposure to air pollutants, increases the risk of chronic lung disease in young adulthood, according to new results. The studies add to the growing evidence that ...
Nov. 10, 2020 When the San Francisco Bay Area mandated shelter-in-place March 16, it created a natural experiment for UC Berkeley's Ron Cohen, who had established an inexpensive pollution sensor network in ...
Nov. 9, 2020 The number of trees, shrubs and grasses in an area - known as green space or greenness - can improve air quality, counteract air pollution and may reduce heart disease deaths. Policies that improve ...
Nov. 5, 2020 Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with 100 times more soot than usual. The particles, also known as black carbon are so small, they can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause ...
Nov. 4, 2020 Some people refer to the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau as the 'third pole' because the region has the largest reserve of glacial snow and ice outside of the north and south poles. The glaciers, ...
Nov. 2, 2020 The biggest study yet of West Coast wildfire plumes shows how a smoke plume's chemistry changes over time. Results suggest current models may not accurately predict the air quality downwind of a ...
Oct. 30, 2020 Researchers have devised a simple, quick and inexpensive way to quantify how much lead is trapped by a water ...
Oct. 28, 2020 The importance of maintaining high quality air flow to restrict transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in confined workspaces has been strongly indicated by the investigation of an outbreak of the virus at a ...
Oct. 27, 2020 Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of dying from COVID-19, and now a new study has estimated the proportion of deaths from the coronavirus that could be ...
Oct. 23, 2020 Sponges are filter feeders that live on particulate matter -- but they can also ingest microscopic fragments of plastics and other pollutants of anthropogenic origin. They can therefore serve as ...
Oct. 19, 2020 When the air outside is bad, office workers are more likely to order food delivery than go out for lunch, which in turn increases plastic waste from food packaging, according to a study by ...
Oct. 15, 2020 New lab studies are helping researchers to better understand how so called 'forever chemicals' behave in soil and water, which can help in understanding how these contaminants ...
Oct. 14, 2020 Scientists have found that particulate matter concentrations in China dropped by an unprecedented 29.7 percent, and by 17.1 percent in parts of Europe, during lockdowns that took place between Feb. 1 ...
Oct. 14, 2020 When permafrost thaws due to global warming, not only the greenhouse gases known to all, but also organic compounds are released from the soil. They may have a significant impact on climate ...
Oct. 9, 2020 In Salt Lake City schools, absences rise when the air quality worsens, and it's not just in times of high pollution or 'red' air quality days -- even days following lower levels of ...
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