Conveners
Air Sensors and Air Quality Monitoring: S2.1
- Carl Malings (Morgan State University, GESTAR-II, NASA GSFC GMAO)
Air Sensors and Air Quality Monitoring: S2.2
- Carl Malings (Morgan State University, GESTAR-II, NASA GSFC GMAO)
Introduction and objectives: Air pollution is the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that alters the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Indeed, the concentration of the main pollutants has increased due to the scale of fossil fuel-consuming and polluting activities. Among these pollutants, fine particles (PM) represent a...
Numerous quarry operations in Southeastern Nigeria offer employment opportunities for the locals and generate income for the government. These businesses do, however, frequently cause air pollution, and the deadliest is PM2.5 which has been found to have a deleterious impact on humans and the ecosystem. The Extech Model VPC300 sensor was used to measure PM2.5, PM10, and some meteorological...
- Context: This is an Open Development and Education (ODE) study in Tanzania, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). Tanzania educational system follows a 7-4-2-3 pattern.
- Importance of the study: The study emphasizes the significance of a conducive classroom environment, as inadequate ventilation and extreme temperatures can affect students' health and...
Air Pollution and Health Impacts
The onset of Covid-19 lock-downs support the fact that man-made activities greatly contribute to air pollution (Hammer et al. 2021). Exposure to major air pollutants such as particulate matter, ground-level ozone, NO2, SO2, CO, etc, is estimated to cause millions of deaths annually (Neira and Prüss-Ustün 2016; WHO 2023), and the burden is more pronounced in...
