Regulating ecosystem services of forests in ten Italian metropolitan cities: air quality improvement by PM10 and O3 removal

F Manes, F Marando, G Capotorti, C Blasi… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban and periurban forests, which are integrated within the concept of Green Infrastructure,
provide important Ecosystem Services, including air purification. In this study, we quantified …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of air pollution on human and ecosystem health, and implications for the National Emission Ceilings Directive: Insights from Italy

A De Marco, C Proietti, A Anav, L Ciancarella… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Across the 28 EU member states there were nearly half a million premature deaths in 2015
as a result of exposure to PM 2.5, O 3 and NO 2. To set the target for air quality levels and …

[HTML][HTML] Are we going towards an effective integration of air quality and climate planning? A comparative analysis for Italian regions

A Pilogallo, F Pietrapertosa, M Salvia - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change mitigation and adaptation along with air pollution are key challenges that
require a comprehensive planning approach able to promote win-win strategies and avoid …

Mitigating the environmental impacts of milk production via anaerobic digestion of manure: Case study of a dairy farm in the Po Valley

F Battini, A Agostini, AK Boulamanti, J Giuntoli… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
This work analyzes the environmental impacts of milk production in an intensive dairy farm
situated in the Northern Italy region of the Po Valley. Three manure management scenarios …

A first annual assessment of air quality modeling over Lebanon using WRF/Polyphemus

C Abdallah, C Afif, N El Masri, F Öztürk, M Keleş… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air quality is modelled at high resolution over Lebanon (5× 5 km) and Beirut (1× 1 km) using
the WRF/Polyphemus modeling system for the year 2014. The observation data collected …

The potential impact of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from terrestrial vegetation on a Mediterranean area using two different emission models

P Ciccioli, C Silibello, S Finardi, N Pepe… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) emitted from vegetation are
precursors of ozone (O 3), photochemical oxidants and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in …

[HTML][HTML] Long term effect of air pollution on incident hospital admissions: Results from the Italian Longitudinal Study within LIFE MED HISS project

M Gandini, C Scarinzi, S Bande, G Berti, P Carnà… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The LIFE MED HISS project aims at setting up a surveillance system
on the long term effects of air pollution on health, using data from National Health Interview …

An evaluation of European nitrogen and sulfur wet deposition and their trends estimated by six chemistry transport models for the period 1990–2010

MR Theobald, MG Vivanco, W Aas… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The wet deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in Europe for the period 1990–2010 was estimated
by six atmospheric chemistry transport models (CHIMERE, CMAQ, EMEP MSC-W, LOTOS …

Association between PM10, PM2.5, NO2, O3 and self-reported diabetes in Italy: A cross-sectional, ecological study

R Orioli, G Cremona, L Ciancarella, AG Solimini - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Air pollution represents a serious threat to health on a global scale, being
responsible for a large portion of the global burden of disease from environmental factors …

Environmentally sustainable biogas? The key role of manure co-digestion with energy crops

A Agostini, F Battini, J Giuntoli, V Tabaglio, M Padella… - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
We analysed the environmental impacts of three biogas systems based on dairy manure,
sorghum and maize. The geographical scope of the analysis is the Po valley, in Italy. The …