Satellite-detected tropospheric nitrogen dioxide and spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Northern Italy

T Filippini, KJ Rothman, A Goffi, F Ferrari… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) last December 2019 in China, Italy was the first European country to be severely affected …

Fifteen Years of Airborne Particulates in Vitro Toxicology in Milano: Lessons and Perspectives Learned

EM Longhin, P Mantecca, M Gualtieri - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Air pollution is one of the world's leading environmental causes of death. The
epidemiological relationship between outdoor air pollution and the onset of health diseases …

Future droughts in northern Italy: high-resolution projections using EURO-CORDEX and MED-CORDEX ensembles

A Baronetti, V Dubreuil, A Provenzale, S Fratianni - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
We analyse the expected characteristics of drought events in northern Italy for baseline
(1971–2000), near (2021–2050), and far (2071–2100) future conditions, estimating the …

Spatial and seasonal variability of carbonaceous aerosol across Italy

S Sandrini, S Fuzzi, A Piazzalunga, P Prati… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper analyses elemental (EC), organic (OC) and total carbon (TC) concentration in PM
2.5 and PM 10 samples collected over the last few years within several national and …

Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization

B Romano, F Zullo, L Fiorini, A Marucci, S Ciabò - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The research presented in this paper has analyzed 50 years of urban evolution in Italy and
noted a considerable difference of geographic patterns of settlement growth compared to …

Machine learning reveals that prolonged exposure to air pollution is associated with SARS-CoV-2 mortality and infectivity in Italy

RC Gatti, A Velichevskaya, A Tateo, N Amoroso… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollution can increase the risk of respiratory diseases, enhancing the susceptibility to
viral and bacterial infections. Some studies suggest that small air particles facilitate the …

Indoor air quality in domestic environments during periods close to Italian COVID-19 lockdown

MC Pietrogrande, L Casari, G Demaria… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper describes the in situ monitoring of indoor air quality (IAQ) in two dwellings, using
low-cost IAQ sensors to provide high-density temporal and spatial data. IAQ measurements …

Thirteen years of air pollution hourly monitoring in a large city: potential sources, trends, cycles and effects of car-free days

M Masiol, C Agostinelli, G Formenton… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Thirteen air pollutant concentrations were measured hourly for 13 years (2000–2013) at an
urban background site of a large city in the eastern Po Valley (Italy) and results were …

An assessment of emission characteristics of Northern Hemisphere cities using spaceborne observations of CO2, CO, and NO2

H Park, S Jeong, H Park, LD Labzovskii… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intensified anthropogenic activities and high levels of energy consumption in cities have led
to an increase in emissions of CO 2 and air pollutants, impacting air quality and calling for …

Characterization of criteria air pollutants in Beijing during 2014–2015

H Guo, Y Wang, H Zhang - Environmental research, 2017 - Elsevier
One year-long criteria air pollutants data collected in Beijing were analyzed in this paper,
which can support the research on formation, transport and human health effects of air …