Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era

M Yang, L Chen, G Msigwa, KHD Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution since its onset in December
2019 require special attention. The rapid spread of COVID-19 globally has led countries to …

Elevated O3 threatens biological communications mediated by plant volatiles: A review focusing on the urban environment

N Masui, K Shiojiri, E Agathokleous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Plant volatiles, particularly biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), emitted in urban
areas have attracted attention as olfactory signals between plants and other organisms …

[HTML][HTML] A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions

RS Sokhi, V Singh, X Querol, S Finardi… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization
Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of …

Spatiotemporal impact of COVID-19 on Taiwan air quality in the absence of a lockdown: Influence of urban public transportation use and meteorological conditions

YJ Wong, HY Shiu, JHH Chang, MCG Ooi, HH Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 significantly improved the atmospheric
environment for lockdown-imposed regions; however, scant evidence exists on its impacts …

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 …

Low doses of toxicants can enhance algae potential as biodiesel and biomass feedstocks

E Agathokleous, J Guo, J Peñuelas - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ambitious target of worldwide governments for achieving carbon neutrality by the middle
of the current century confers a key role to negative emission technologies. To meet this …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating daily air temperature and pollution in Catalonia: A comprehensive spatiotemporal modelling of multiple exposures

C Milà, J Ballester, X Basagaña… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental epidemiology studies require models of multiple exposures to adjust for co-
exposure and explore interactions. We estimated spatiotemporal exposure to surface air …

2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the impacts on air quality with emphasis on urban, suburban and rural zones

K Slezakova, MC Pereira - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Air quality improvements pollution changes due to COVID-19 restrictions have been
reported for many urban developments and large metropolitan areas, but the respective …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impact and human health risks of air pollutants near a large chemical/petrochemical complex: Case study in Tarragona, Spain

J Rovira, M Nadal, M Schuhmacher… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical industries and oil refineries are known emission sources of environmental
contaminants, such as metals/metalloids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile …

Vehicular traffic in urban areas: Health burden and influence of sustainable urban planning and mobility

C Reche, A Tobias, M Viana - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vehicular traffic is one of the major sources of air pollution in European cities. This work
aims to understand which characteristics of the urban environment could influence mobility …