SACRAMENTO – Thousands of structures have burned to the ground in the urban setting of Southern California and may be posing a higher risk of toxic smoke inhalation.
Local officials say the early estimate for structures burned is more than 10,000. With structures comes building materials, carbon, plastics and toxic household items, all of which are being carried with the smoke plumes.
The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) Air Quality Fund supports entities interested in publicly sharing outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) information and working toward national-level clean air impact.
The program is now accepting applications through September 10, 2024!
The Air Quality Research Center's latest research on PM2.5 speciation was recently published in The Magazine for Environmental Managers! Check out the article below or download it here.
A “super El Niño” is predicted for this winter. What is El Niño, how might it impact local areas, and how does it relate to atmospheric rivers and climate change? The following UC Davis experts, listed alphabetically, are available to discuss with reporters these and other related questions.
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), a government entity that develops the model building code for all provinces and territories in Australia, is in the process of updating its Indoor Air Quality Verification Methods Handbook to reflect the latest scientific evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent article by EOS writer Jackie Rocheleau highlights a growing concern about wildfire smoke and other pollutants that continue to exist in a diluted quantity within our atmosphere. With wildfires growing in size and quantity due to climate change, the original idea that simply waiting for the pollutants to disperse would be enough to protect human health, is coming into question.
The Air Quality Monitoring Team (AQMT) at UC Davis has operated the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) ambient speciated particulate monitoring network since its inception in 1988. Beginning in 2015, AQMT took on the laboratory analysis and data handling for the Chemical Speciation Network (CSN). These two networks encompass over 300 sites delivering over 60 PM2.5 species across the country every third day.
The Air Quality Research Center couldn't be happier to support Steve Cliff in his journey to be the newest administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). As a former researcher within the center, he has been an advocate for reducing emissions through decreased vehicular traffic and increased active transportation. After working at the AQRC, he continued on to hold positions at the California Air Resources Administration and the California Department of Transportation.
