[HTML][HTML] Achievements and challenges in improving air quality in China: analysis of the long-term trends from 2014 to 2022

H Zheng, S Kong, J Seo, Y Yan, Y Cheng, L Yao… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the implementation of air pollution control measures in China, air quality has
significantly improved, although there are still additional issues to be addressed. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences

K Li, DJ Jacob, L Shen, X Lu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Surface ozone data from the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) network
show sustained increases across the country over the 2013–2019 period. Despite Phase 2 …

Worsening urban ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2017–Part 1: The complex and varying roles of meteorology

Y Liu, T Wang - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
China has suffered from increasing levels of ozone pollution in urban areas despite the
implementation of various stringent emission reduction measures since 2013. In this study …

Significant changes in the chemical compositions and sources of PM2. 5 in Wuhan since the city lockdown as COVID-19

H Zheng, S Kong, N Chen, Y Yan, D Liu, B Zhu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wuhan was the first city to adopt the lockdown measures to prevent COVID-19 spreading,
which improved the air quality accordingly. This study investigated the variations in chemical …

Opinion: How will advances in aerosol science inform our understanding of the health impacts of outdoor particulate pollution?

I El Haddad, D Vienneau… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Air pollution, characterized by high levels of particulate matter (PM), poses the greatest
environmental threat to human health, causing an estimated 7 million deaths annually and …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 lockdowns highlight a risk of increasing ozone pollution in European urban areas

SK Grange, JD Lee, WS Drysdale… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
In March 2020, non-pharmaceutical intervention measures in the form of lockdowns were
applied across Europe to urgently reduce the transmission of severe acute respiratory …

A comprehensive investigation of surface ozone pollution in China, 2015–2019: Separating the contributions from meteorology and precursor emissions

S Mousavinezhad, Y Choi, A Pouyaei… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the considerable reductions in primary and secondary air pollutants in China,
surface ozone levels have increased in recent years. We report a trend of 3.3±4.7 μg. m− 3 …

A synergistic ozone-climate control to address emerging ozone pollution challenges

X Lyu, K Li, H Guo, L Morawska, B Zhou, Y Zeren… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Tropospheric ozone threatens human health and crop yields, exacerbates global warming,
and fundamentally changes atmospheric chemistry. Evidence has pointed toward …

Early spring near-surface ozone in Europe during the COVID-19 shutdown: Meteorological effects outweigh emission changes

C Ordóñez, JM Garrido-Perez… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the impact of the control measures during the COVID-19 lockdown in
Europe (15 March–30 April 2020) on 1-h daily maximum nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced summertime ozone and SOA from biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions due to vegetation biomass variability during 1981–2018 …

J Cao, S Situ, Y Hao, S Xie, L Li - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Coordinated control of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and ozone (O 3) has become a new
and urgent issue for China's air pollution control. Biogenic volatile organic compounds …