Air Quality Research Center Content / Air Quality Research Center Content for ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù en LA Wildfires Air Quality Research Roundup /climate/news/la-wildfires-air-quality-research-roundup How ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù air quality scientists are working to understand the impacts of the Los Angeles wildfires. A research roundup. February 07, 2025 - 10:49am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/la-wildfires-air-quality-research-roundup Long-Term Study on Health Impacts of Los Angeles Wildfires Launched /climate/blog/long-term-multi-institutional-study-health-impacts-los-angeles-wildfires-launched <p>In an unprecedented collective scientific effort to understand the short- and long-term health impacts of wildfires, researchers from four universities have launched a 10-year study of the Los Angeles fires. The wildfires that began in early January 2025 killed 29 people, destroyed more than 16,000 structures, and exposed millions to toxic smoke.</p><p>The research aims to evaluate which pollutants are present, at what levels, and where, and to assess the respiratory, neurological, cardiovascular, reproductive, and immune system impacts of the wildfires.</p> January 31, 2025 - 12:10pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/long-term-multi-institutional-study-health-impacts-los-angeles-wildfires-launched Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities /news/coal-train-pollution-increases-health-risks-and-disparities The first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health outcomes. April 18, 2024 - 11:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/coal-train-pollution-increases-health-risks-and-disparities Capturing Carbon From Power Plants and the Atmosphere /climate/news/capturing-carbon-power-plants-and-atmosphere <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The realities of climate change are around us — replete with the sight of melting glaciers and raging wildfires. Scientists have long documented that greenhouse gas emissions are the most significant drivers of global warming and climate change.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> April 11, 2024 - 12:14pm Malia N Reiss /climate/news/capturing-carbon-power-plants-and-atmosphere Wildfire, Soil Emissions Increasing Air Pollution in Remote Forests /climate/news/wildfire-soil-emissions-increasing-air-pollution-remote-forests Nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forest areas are increasang, and wildfire and soil emissions are likely the reasons why, finds a ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù study. August 29, 2023 - 2:00am Emily C Dooley /climate/news/wildfire-soil-emissions-increasing-air-pollution-remote-forests Coal Trains Increase Air Pollution in San Francisco Bay Area /climate/news/coal-trains-increase-air-pollution-san-francisco-bay-area A ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù study based in the Bay Area is the first to quantify coal train pollution in the urban U.S, indicating environmental justice concerns for Richmond and Oakland. April 27, 2023 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/coal-trains-increase-air-pollution-san-francisco-bay-area Feds Choose ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù to Monitor Nation's Fine Particles /news/feds-choose-uc-davis-monitor-nations-fine-particles-air-getting-better <p>When the U.S. government looks to measure air quality, it looks to the ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù.</p> <p>The ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Crocker Nuclear Laboratory is now the prime contractor for both major federal fine particle air quality monitoring networks — the National Park Service’s IMPROVE network and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chemical Speciation Network, or CSN, which monitors urban air quality. Together, they cover more than 250 sites nationwide, providing data that helps inform national air quality standards and regulations.</p> December 03, 2015 - 10:35am IET WebDev /news/feds-choose-uc-davis-monitor-nations-fine-particles-air-getting-better Scientists trace particulate air pollution to its source /news/scientists-trace-particulate-air-pollution-its-source <p>Scientists at the ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù, have, for the first time, developed a system that can determine which types of air particles that pollute the atmosphere are the most prevalent and most toxic.</p> February 19, 2013 - 10:00am IET WebDev /news/scientists-trace-particulate-air-pollution-its-source