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ZZ conducted pollution mapping (sulphur) IP survey in Brukunga, South Australia
ZZ participated in pollution mapping at an abandoned mine site in South Australia. The scope of the survey is to find the sulphur development direction, so preventive method could be used to stop the sulphur get into the groundwater. Over 9 survey lines were laid in two days to cover the survey area. On site drillings were followed up after the resistivity survey and concurred with our finding. ...
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Air quality assessment in the European Mega City Ruhr Area and effects of low emission zones
The Ruhr area is the biggest German megalopolis, a conglomerate of several intertwining major cities, with more than 5.3 million inhabitants. In spite of many efforts in recent years to improve the air quality in the Ruhr area, especially residents in street canyons with a high traffic density are still exposed to poor air quality and meeting the limit values of European air quality guidelines ...
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DHAQ-SEA - Demonstration of High-resolution Air Quality forecasting in South East Asia
There is an increased risk of certain health conditions where ambient air pollution levels are high. CERC are working on a feasibility study for high-resolution (street-scale) air quality forecasting in South East Asia. ASEAN countries can be subject to poor air quality as a consequence of transboundary pollution as well as local pollutant sources. Alerting the public prior to air pollution ...
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Traffic noise pollution mapped with new mobile phone app
A new mobile phone application which can help monitor traffic-noise exposure is presented in a recent study. The app, ‘2Loud?’, can measure indoor night-time noise exposure and, given large-scale community participation, could provide valuable data to aid urban planning, the researchers say. In an Australian pilot study, nearly half of participants who used the app found that they ...
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Street-scale pollution maps for Ireland now available
Results from CERC's modelling of street-scale air pollution in Ireland have been published as part of the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report 'Air quality in Ireland 2022'. The full CERC report with high-resolution maps for a wider range of regulated air pollutants is also available. The predicted concentrations were evaluated with measured concentrations with generally good ...
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Source apportionment of pollution on Breathe London map
The Breathe London map now shows how different polluting activities contribute to the concentration of nitrogen oxides at Breathe London sensor locations across the city. Just search for or click on any sensor. CERC modelled pollution sources across London for 2019 using our ADMS-Urban software to quantify the contributions from twenty source categories at different points. We integrated the ...
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Mapping noise pollution simply and cost-effectively
To manage noise, it must first be assessed. Several commercial noise prediction tools exist, but they are often complex and expensive. A new Irish study evaluates a simpler tool and demonstrates that it produces very similar results to standard commercial software. The European Directive on Environmental Noise1 requires Member States to draw up strategic noise maps and action plans. A noise map ...
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Webinar: how can data supercharge efforts to lower air pollution in cities?
Public webinar Tuesday 9 Feb 16:00-17:00 GMT The evidence is clear: air pollution has severe health impacts around the world. New technology is allowing us to map pollution street-by-street, identify hotspots and share unprecedented amounts of air quality data. The Breathe London pilot was an ambitious two-year project that measured pollution across the city using 100 lower-cost sensor 'pods' ...
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Region 5 EPA announces 2010 enforcement and compliance results (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 today released its annual enforcement and compliance results as part of the Agency’s national enforcement announcement. Region 5 includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. In FY 2010, Region 5 took enforcement and compliance actions that required polluters to pay more than $12 million in civil penalties and spend ...
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Defra 2021 Air Quality Model Intercomparison Exercise
CERC are undertaking a project commissioned by Defra in partnership with the Met Office, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London and Ricardo in relation to an intercomparison study between models that have the potential to be used for Defra's compliance reporting commitments. Models involved in the intercomparison exercise ...
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Research: many air pollutants are higher indoors than outdoors
Levels of many harmful air pollutants are higher indoors than outdoors, according to new research conducted within the European Union, released this week (8th February). These latest findings, which identify the main polluters and map their geographical distribution, come from the European Indoor Air Monitoring and Exposure Assessment Project (AIRMEX), an EU funded project. The importance of ...
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FPI's Air Quality Mobile Monitoring Technology Won the Endorsement of "Applicable Technology for Intelligent Chemical Parks".
August 30 - September 1, sponsored by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, "2023 China Intelligent Chemical Park Construction and Development Conference" was held in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, at the same time organized to carry out the release of the third batch of "Intelligent Chemical Park Applicable Technology."The air quality mobile monitoring technology declared by FPI ...
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testo DiSCmini - The smallest nanoparticle counter in the world
The Diffusion Size Classifier testo DiSCmini is a handheld sensor for the measurement of nanoparticle number, average diameter and lung-deposited surface area LDSA with a time resolution of up to 1 second (1Hz). The measuring principle is based on electrical charging of the aerosols. The small size of the testo DiSCmini makes the instrument particularly suitable for personal carry-on measurement ...
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More than 1.4 billion pounds of harmful air, land, and water pollution to be reduced
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the release of its annual enforcement and compliance results. In fiscal year (FY) 2010, EPA took enforcement and compliance actions that require polluters to pay more than $110 million in civil penalties and commit to spend an estimated $12 billion on pollution controls, cleanup, and environmental projects that benefit communities. ...
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Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments. Written by Vicki Ekstrom. You can read the original story in MIT News It's been more than a decade since global leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden, to sign a treaty with the goal of eliminating persistent organic pollutants making their way ...
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Shipping oil pollution: new hazard mapping method developed
A new method for mapping the spread of oil released by ships is presented in a recent study, where it is applied to the Adriatic and Ionian Seas of the Mediterranean. The method pulls together a range of data, including information on shipping routes, oil particle behaviour, currents and climate. In this case study, it reveals pollution hotspots in the south-western Adriatic Sea and north-eastern ...
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EPA scientists receive presidential honor
Today two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientists were named recipients of the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which recognizes excellent research and leadership in the sciences. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research ...
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Air quality forecasts for China
With less than a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to improve air quality for the Games. A new tool has been installed in the capital city to allow the Chinese to monitor the effectiveness of these efforts. Poor air quality could pose problems for the Olympic athletes and hinder the performance of those competing outdoors in ...
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U.S. EPA releases annual enforcement results and mapping tool
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released enforcement results for fiscal year 2009, and has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions taken at approximately 4,600 facilities. In FY2009, EPA concluded enforcement actions requiring polluters to invest more than $5 ...
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New ‘gas standards’ in the works to fight pollution
The government is looking to prepare a unified testing methodology to ensure that all agencies that map air pollution use accurate instruments. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) -National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is in the process of setting up ‘gas standards’, or reference samples of Carbon Monoxide (CO), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrous Oxide (NO2) and ...
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