The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States

M Burke, A Driscoll, S Heft-Neal… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on
the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from wildfire might be mitigated …

Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

IE Isphording, N Pestel - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and
severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data at the county-by-day level on confirmed …

Peaks of fine particulate matter may modulate the spreading and virulence of COVID-19

M Rohrer, A Flahault, M Stoffel - Earth Systems and Environment, 2020 - Springer
A probe of a patient, seeking help in an emergency ward of a French hospital in late
December 2019 because of Influenza like symptoms, was retrospectively tested positive to …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution and education investment

L Guo, Z Cheng, M Tani, S Cook - Energy Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Our study examines the impact of air pollution on household investment in children's
education. We use panel data from secondary schools in Shandong Province in China and …

The effects of contemporaneous air pollution on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality

W Austin, S Carattini, J Gomez-Mahecha… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure
and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach. Harnessing …

Pricing vehicle emissions and congestion externalities using a dynamic traffic network simulator

S Vosough, A de Palma, R Lindsey - … Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Road traffic is a major contributor to air pollution which is a serious problem in many large
cities. Experience in London, Milan, and Stockholm indicates that road pricing can be useful …

Community-level ambient fine particulate matter and seasonal influenza among children in Guangzhou, China: a Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis

R Zhang, KY Lai, W Liu, Y Liu, J Lu, L Tian… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Influenza is a major preventable infectious respiratory disease. However, there
is little detailed long-term evidence of its associations with PM 2.5 among children. We …

Association between NO2 concentrations and spatial configuration: a study of the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns in 54 US cities

MS Wong, R Zhu, CYT Kwok, MP Kwan… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The massive lockdown of global cities during the COVID-19 pandemic is substantially
improving the atmospheric environment, which for the first time, urban mobility is virtually …

The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the US

M Burke, A Driscoll, J Xue, S Heft-Neal, J Burney… - 2020 - nber.org
Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on
the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from fire might be mitigated. Here …

The impact of ozone pollution on mortality: Evidence from China

Y Qiu, Y Liu, W Shi, M Zhou - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the mortality impacts of ozone pollution in China and the moderating
effects of two possible adaptation strategies. Using an instrument variable constructed from …