Search Results - "Cao, Junji"
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Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality
Published in Environment international (01-06-2020)“…Hand washing and maintaining social distance are the main measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to avoid contracting COVID-19…”
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A distributed network of low-cost continuous reading sensors to measure spatiotemporal variations of PM2.5 in Xi'an, China
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-04-2015)“…Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a growing public health concern especially in industrializing countries but existing monitoring networks are unable to…”
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Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus in China: Implications for traffic and industrial emissions
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-08-2020)“…Measures taken to control the disease (Covid-19) caused by the novel coronavirus dramatically reduced the number of vehicles on the road and diminished factory…”
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Sulfate formation is dominated by manganese-catalyzed oxidation of SO2 on aerosol surfaces during haze events
Published in Nature communications (31-03-2021)“…The formation mechanism of aerosol sulfate during wintertime haze events in China is still largely unknown. As companions, SO 2 and transition metals are…”
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Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-04-2019)“…Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These…”
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Fine Particulate Matter Constituents and Cardiopulmonary Mortality in a Heavily Polluted Chinese City
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-03-2012)“…Although ambient fine particulate matter (PM(2.5); particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter) has been linked to adverse human health effects, the…”
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Self-assembly synthesis of boron-doped graphitic carbon nitride hollow tubes for enhanced photocatalytic NOx removal under visible light
Published in Applied catalysis. B, Environmental (30-12-2018)“…[Display omitted] •Tubular B-doped g-C3N4 was synthesized via a design-fabrication pattern.•Supramolecular precursor for tubular g-C3N4 was fabricated from a…”
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How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?
Published in Environment international (01-09-2020)“…During the rapid rise in COVID-19 illnesses and deaths globally, and notwithstanding recommended precautions, questions are voiced about routes of transmission…”
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Ammonia emission control in China would mitigate haze pollution and nitrogen deposition, but worsen acid rain
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-04-2019)“…China has been experiencing fine particle (i.e., aerodynamic diameters ≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5) pollution and acid rain in recent decades, which exert adverse impacts…”
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Removal of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds via Photocatalytic Oxidation: A Short Review and Prospect
Published in Molecules (04-01-2016)“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous in indoor environments. Inhalation of VOCs can cause irritation, difficulty breathing, and nausea, and damage…”
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Systematic review of Chinese studies of short-term exposure to air pollution and daily mortality
Published in Environment international (01-04-2013)“…Health effects attributable to air pollution exposure in Chinese population have been least understood. The authors conducted a meta-analysis on 33 time-series…”
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The Chinese Carbon-Neutral Goal: Challenges and Prospects
Published in Advances in atmospheric sciences (2022)“…On 22 September 2020, within the backdrop of the COVID-19 global pandemic, China announced its climate goal for peak carbon emissions before 2030 and to reach…”
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Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-12-2009)“…We find evidence that black soot aerosols deposited on Tibetan glaciers have been a significant contributing factor to observed rapid glacier retreat. Reduced…”
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Differential responses of carbon‐degrading enzyme activities to warming: Implications for soil respiration
Published in Global change biology (01-10-2018)“…Extracellular enzymes catalyze rate‐limiting steps in soil organic matter decomposition, and their activities (EEAs) play a key role in determining soil…”
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Impacts of primary emissions and secondary aerosol formation on air pollution in an urban area of China during the COVID-19 lockdown
Published in Environment international (01-05-2021)“…•PM and its chemical species decreased dramatically during the lockdown.•The formation efficiencies of secondary aerosols were enhanced during the…”
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Spatially explicit analysis identifies significant potential for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in China
Published in Nature communications (26-05-2021)“…As China ramped-up coal power capacities rapidly while CO 2 emissions need to decline, these capacities would turn into stranded assets. To deal with this…”
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Global Survey of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air
Published in Environmental science & technology (02-10-2018)“…Despite its emerging significant public health concern, the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in urban air has not received significant attention…”
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Differential responses of ecosystem respiration components to experimental warming in a meadow grassland on the Tibetan Plateau
Published in Agricultural and forest meteorology (01-04-2016)“…•Ecosystem respiration and soil respiration were insensitive to warming.•Warming significantly increased autotrophic respiration.•Warming significantly…”
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Atmospheric levels and cytotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygenated-PAHs in PM2.5 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-12-2017)“…The chemical composition of PM2.5 and cellular effects from exposure to fine aerosol extracts were studied for samples collected in Beijing, Tianjin,…”
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Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-11-2016)“…Sulfate aerosols exert profound impacts on human and ecosystem health, weather, and climate, but their formation mechanism remains uncertain. Atmospheric…”
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