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Two-Year Observation of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Spatial Distribution in **’an City
The need for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction in the context of global warming is widely acknowledged by the global scientific community. Fossil fuel CO2 (CO2ff) emissions occur mainly in cities, and ca...
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Atmospheric fossil fuel CO2 traced by 14CO2 and air quality index pollutant observations in Bei**g and **amen, China
Radiocarbon (14C) is the most accurate tracer available for quantifying atmospheric CO2 derived from fossil fuel (CO2ff), but it is expensive and time-consuming to measure. Here, we used common hourly Air Quality...
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The spatial distribution of fossil fuel CO2 traced by Δ14C in the leaves of gingko (Ginkgo biloba L.) in Bei**g City, China
Atmospheric fossil fuel CO2 (CO2ff ) information is an important reference for local government to formulate energy-saving and emission reduction in China. The CO2ff ...
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Characteristics of water-soluble inorganic ions in PM2.5 and PM2.5–10 in the coastal urban agglomeration along the Western Taiwan Strait Region, China
PM2.5 and PM2.5–10 aerosol samples were collected in four seasons during November 2010, January, April, and August 2011 at 13 urban/suburban sites and one background site in Western Taiwan Straits Region (WTSR), ...
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Field controlled experiments on the physiological responses of maize (Zea mays L.) leaves to low-level air and soil mercury exposures
Thousands of tons of mercury (Hg) are released from anthropogenic and natural sources to the atmosphere in a gaseous elemental form per year, yet little is known regarding the influence of airborne Hg on the p...
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The linear accumulation of atmospheric mercury by vegetable and grass leaves: Potential biomonitors for atmospheric mercury pollution
One question in the use of plants as biomonitors for atmospheric mercury (Hg) is to confirm the linear relationships of Hg concentrations between air and leaves. To explore the origin of Hg in the vegetable an...
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Pollution characteristics of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the southeast coastal cities of China
With the rapid urbanization, the southeast coastal cities of China are facing increasing air pollution in the past decades. Large emissions of VOCs from vehicles and petrochemical factories have contributed gr...