Rice straw burning: a review on its global prevalence and the sustainable alternatives for its effective mitigation

G Singh, MK Gupta, S Chaurasiya, VS Sharma… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Being one of the most important staple crops of the world, rice has played a vital role in
slaking the calorie requirements of the masses in all the inhabitable continents of our planet …

Toxic emissions from open burning

CR Estrellan, F Iino - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
This review compiled the data from recent actual and simulation studies on toxic emissions
from open burning and categorized into sources, broadly as biomass and anthropogenic …

Biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol

Y Cheng, G Engling, KB He, FK Duan… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning, the largest global source of elemental carbon (EC) and primary organic
carbon (OC), is strongly associated with many subjects of great scientific concern, such as …

Emissions of trace gases and aerosols during the open combustion of biomass in the laboratory

GR McMeeking, SM Kreidenweis… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We characterized the gas‐and speciated aerosol‐phase emissions from the open
combustion of 33 different plant species during a series of 255 controlled laboratory burns …

Characterization of particulate matter emission from open burning of rice straw

NTK Oanh, BT Ly, D Tipayarom, BR Manandhar… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Emission from field burning of crop residue, a common practice in many parts of the world
today, has potential effects on air quality, atmosphere and climate. This study provides a …

Chemical characteristics and source apportionment of PM2. 5 in Lanzhou, China

J Tan, L Zhang, X Zhou, J Duan, Y Li, J Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Daily PM 2.5 samples were collected during winter 2012 and summer 2013 at an urban site
in Lanzhou and were analyzed for chemical compounds including water soluble inorganic …

Long-term real-time measurements of aerosol particle composition in Beijing, China: seasonal variations, meteorological effects, and source analysis

YL Sun, ZF Wang, W Du, Q Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
High concentrations of fine particles (PM 2.5) are frequently observed during all seasons in
Beijing, China, leading to severe air pollution and human health problems in this megacity …

Machine learning model to predict vehicle electrification impacts on urban air quality and related human health effects

V Calatayud, JJ Diéguez, E Agathokleous… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a prevailing environmental problem in cities worldwide. The future vehicle
electrification (VE), which in Europe will be importantly fostered by the ban of thermal …

The unintended impacts of agricultural fires: Human capital in China

JG Zivin, T Liu, Y Song, Q Tang, P Zhang - Journal of Development …, 2020 - Elsevier
The practice of burning agricultural waste is ubiquitous around the world, yet the external
human capital costs from those fires have been underexplored. Using data from the National …

Crop straw utilization and field burning in Northern region of Ghana

PA Seglah, Y Wang, H Wang, Y Bi, K Zhou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Efficient utilization of crop straw is a determining factor for cleaner production and
sustainable development in Ghana's agricultural sector. However, extensive field burning of …