WMO aerosol bulletin on biomass burning
A new World Meteorological Organization bulletin on Aerosols examines the impact of biomass burning (wildfires and open burning for agriculture) on climate and air quality. It covers the episodes of the
Aerosols
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Exposure to excessive heat and impacts on labour productivity linked to cumulative CO2 emissions
<p>Cumulative CO2 emissions are a robust predictor of mean temperature increase. However, many societal impacts are driven by exposure to extreme weather conditions.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/labour-productivity-excessive-heat.pdf"
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Chemical characterization and sources of submicron aerosols in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: insights from high-resolution mass spectrometry
<p>An Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) was deployed along with other online instruments to study the highly time resolved chemistry and sources of submicron
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China factories releasing thousands of tonnes of illegal CFC gases, study finds
Industries in north-eastern China have released large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists have said. Since 2013, annual emissions
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The sensitivity of PM2.5 acidity to meteorological parameters and chemical composition changes: 10-year records from six Canadian monitoring sites
<p>Aerosol pH is difficult to measure directly but can be calculated if the chemical composition is known with sufficient accuracy and precision to calculate the aerosol water content and the H+ concentration
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Impact of deadly dust storms (May 2018) on air quality, meteorological, and atmospheric parameters over the northern parts of India
<p>The northern part of India, adjoining the Himalaya, is considered as one of the global hot spots of pollution because of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Throughout the year, the region is
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Atmospheric dust, early cases, and localized meningitis epidemics in the African Meningitis Belt: An analysis using high spatial resolution data
<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Meningitis_Epidemics_atmospheric_dust_Africa.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/download.jpg"
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Observational constraint on cloud susceptibility weakened by aerosol retrieval limitations
<p>Aerosol-cloud interactions remain a major uncertainty in climate research. Studies have indicated that model estimates of cloud susceptibility to aerosols frequently exceed satellite estimates, motivating
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Human influence on sub-regional surface air temperature change over India
<p>Human activities have been implicated in the observed increase in Global Mean Surface Temperature. Over regional scales where climatic changes determine societal impacts and drive adaptation related
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Decadal surface temperature trends in India based on a new high-resolution data set
<p>A new comprehensive surface temperature data set for India is used to document changes in Indian temperature over seven decades, in order to examine the patterns and possible effects of global warming.