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Backyard aerosol pollution monitors: foliar surfaces, dust enrichment, and factors influencing foliar retention
Air pollution is one of the leading causes of death from noncommunicable diseases globally, and in Arizona, both mining activities and abandoned...
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Enrichment and transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through dust aerosol generation from soil to the air
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major organic pollutants in soil. It is known that they are released to the atmosphere by wind via dust...
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The effect of local pollution and transport dust on near surface aerosol properties over a semi-arid station from ground and satellite observations
Mineral dust, originating in arid regions, exerts substantial influence on air quality, health, and climate, ranking it among the most impactful...
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Dust pollution hazard and harmful airborne dust exposure assessment for remote LHD operator in underground lead–zinc ore mine open stope
Underground mines embroil several occupational hazards, including airborne dust generation from various mining operations. Line-of-sight remote Load...
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Application of multiplatform remote sensing data over East Asia Ocean: aerosol characteristics and aerosol types
It is important to explore the characteristics and rules of atmospheric aerosol in the East Asian Sea for monitoring and evaluating atmospheric...
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Observations suggest that North African dust absorbs less solar radiation than models estimate
Desert dust accounts for a large fraction of shortwave radiation absorbed by aerosols, which adds to the climate warming produced by greenhouse...
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Aerosol influence on cloud macrophysical and microphysical properties over the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions
This study uses aerosol optical depth (AOD) and cloud properties data to investigate the influence of aerosol on the cloud properties over the...
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Long-term spatiotemporal variation in atmospheric aerosol properties over Türkiye based on MERRA-2 reanalysis data: aerosol classification based on city type
Due to their complex aerosol characteristics, it is crucial to analyze the trends and properties of atmospheric aerosols over the eastern...
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Dust Effects and Human Health
The societal evolution not only provides the progress of mankind, but also brings the serious environmental pollution. Industrial revolution changes...
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Anthropogenic Impact on Atmospheric Aerosol Characteristics
AbstractWe studied the disperse characteristics of atmospheric aerosols and the degree of their contamination with heavy metals and organic...
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Outdoor/Indoor Contaminant Transport by Atmospheric Dust and Aerosol at an Active Smelter Site
Activities associated with mining operations including smelting, ore handling, and mine tailings management have been identified as sources of dust...
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Aerosol-Cloud Interactions and Impact on Regional Climate
Aerosols interact with clouds through radiative and microphysical mechanisms in addition to their direct radiative effects of scattering and...
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Aerosol Hygroscopicity
The hygroscopic and ice nucleation properties play a vital role for the direct and indirect effects of aerosols on climate by determining the...
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Dust and Microorganisms: Their Interactions and Health Effects
Desert regions emit a large amount of mineral particles to cause dust events frequently, and emitted dust from those events may circulate around the...
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Multi-year monitoring of atmospheric dust fall as a sink for lead in an agro-industrial and petrochemical city of Argentina. Geo-accumulation and ecological risk assessment
A multi-year monitoring data set of potentially harmful elements (PHEs), which are present in the chemical composition of atmospheric settleable...
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Exploring radiative forcing sensitivity to aerosol optical properties across varied geographical regions in India
Climate change remains a pressing global concern, with aerosols emerging as pivotal elements that wield substantial influence over the Earth’s...
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Variability of Middle East springtime dust events between 2011 and 2022
The Middle East frontal sand and dust storms (SDS) occur in non-summer seasons, and represent an important phenomenon of this region’s climate. Among...
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Transport of a severe dust storm from Middle East to Indian region and its impact on surrounding environment
The present work focuses on the long-range transport of dust particles emanated after a severe dust storm hit the Middle East during 18–22 March...
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Aerosol characterization in a Central-West site of Brazil: influence of farming activities and toxicity
The Central-West region of Brazil presents three important and large ecosystems: the Amazon, the Cerrado , and the Pantanal biomes. Different...
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Integrative assessment of urban dust polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using ground and satellite data in Iran
Recently, for quick urbanization and industrialization, pollutants, especially urban dust, have posed many threats to the human environment....
