Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children's Health Climate change and air
pollution, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pose serious harms to children's …

Background: At a time of increasing disconnectedness from nature, scientific interest in the
potential health benefits of nature contact has grown. Research in recent decades has …

Assessing the role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in production of ozone and
secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is especially important in light of ongoing policy goals …

This research examines the distributional equity of urban vegetation in 10 US urbanized
areas using very high resolution land cover data and census data. Urban vegetation is …

The urban forest is a green infrastructure system that delivers multiple environmental,
economic, social and health services, and functions in cities. Environmental benefits of …

Intensifying the proportion of urban green infrastructure has been considered as one of the
remedies for air pollution levels in cities, yet the impact of numerous vegetation types …

Urban trees perform a number of ecosystem services including air pollution removal, carbon
sequestration, cooling air temperatures and providing aesthetic beauty to the urban …

Human health risks caused by PM2. 5 raise awareness to the role of trees as bio-filters of
urban air pollution, but not all species are equally capable of filtering the air. The objectives …

Cities are constantly evolving and so are the living conditions within and between them.
Rapid urbanization and the ever-growing need for housing have turned large areas of many …

Trees remove air pollution by the interception of particulate matter on plant surfaces and the
absorption of gaseous pollutants through the leaf stomata. However, the magnitude and …