Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Garland, Rebecca M."

Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by UP Author "Garland, Rebecca M."

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  • Ambient air pollution on the Highveld : an airshed at a watershed moment? 
    Wernecke, Bianca; Langerman, Kristy E.; Garland, Rebecca M.; Feig, Gregor Timothy (National Association for Clean Air, 2022)
    On 18 March 2022, the Pretoria High Court found that chronic air pollution is a violation of Section 24 of the South African Constitution, and that South Africans have a right to an environment that is not harmful to ...
  • Ambient particulate air pollution and daily mortality in 652 cities 
    Liiu, C.; Chen, R.; Sera, F.; Vicedo‑Cabrera, A.M.; Guo, Y.; Tong, S.; Coelho, M.S.Z.S.; Saldiva, P.H.N.; Lavigne, E.; Matus, P.; Valdes Ortega, N.; Osorio Garcia, S.; Pascal, M.; Stafoggia, M.; Scortichini, M.; Hashizume, M.; Honda, Y.; Hurtado‑Diaz, M.; Cruz, J.; Nunes, N.; Teixeira, J.H.; Kim, H.; Tobias, A.; Íniguez, C.; Forsberg, B.; Astrom, C.; Ragettli, M.S.; Gou, Y.-L.; Chen, B.-Y.; Bell, M.L.; Wright, Caradee Yael; Scovronick, N.; Garland, Rebecca M.; Milojevic, A.; Kysely, J.; Urban, A.; Orru, H.; Indermitte, E.; Jaakkola, J.J.K.; Ryti, J.J.K.; Katsouyanni, K.; Analitis, A.; Zanobetti, A.; Schwartz, J.; Chen, J.; Wu, T.; Cohen, A.; Gasparrini, A.; Kan, H. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2019-08-22)
    BACKGROUND : The systematic evaluation of the results of time-series studies of air pollution is challenged by differences in model specification and publication bias. METHODS : We evaluated the associations of inhalable ...
  • Assessment of changes in concentrations of selected criteria pollutants in the Vaal and Highveld priority areas 
    Feig, Gregor Timothy; Garland, Rebecca M.; Naidoo, Seneca; Maluleke, Amukelani; Van der Merwe, Marna (National Association for Clean Air, 2019)
    Ambient air pollution has important impacts on a variety of environmental issues, particularly on human health and ecosystem processes. A key tool for understanding the impacts of atmospheric pollution is through the ...
  • Coarse particulate air pollution and daily mortality a global study in 205 cities 
    Liu, Cong; Cai, Jing; Chen, Renjie; Sera, Francesco; Guo, Yuming; Tong, Shilu; Li, Shanshan; Lavigne, Eric; Matus Correa, Patricia; Valdes Ortega, Nicolas; Orru, Hans; Maasikmets, Marek; Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.; Ryti, Niilo R.I.; Breitner, Susanne; Schneider, Alexandra; Katsouyanni, Klea; Samoli, Evangelia; Hashizume, Masahiro; Honda, Yasushi; Ng, Chris Fook Sheng; Hurtado Diaz, Magali; De la Cruz Valencia, Cesar; Rao, Shilpa; Palomares, Alfonso Diz-Lois; Da Silva, Susana Pereira; Madureira, Joana; Holobac, Iulian Horia; Fratianni, Simona; Scovronick, Noah; Garland, Rebecca M.; Tobias, Aurelio; Iniguez, Carmen; Forsberg, Bertil; Astrom, Christofer; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Ragettli, Martina S.; Guo, Yue-Liang Leon; Pan, Shih-Chun; Milojevic, Ai; Bell, Michelle L.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Schwartz, Joel; Gasparrini, Antonio; Kan, Haidong (American Thoracic Society, 2022-10)
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  • Data gaps will leave scientists ‘in the dark’ : how load shedding is obscuring our understanding of air quality 
    Wright, Caradee Yael; Benyon, Matthew; Mahlangeni, Nomfundo; Kapwata, Thandi; Laban, Tracey; Garland, Rebecca M. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-09)
    SIGNIFICANCE : South Africa’s scheduled power outages, commonly known as load shedding, are increasing each year due to instability and poor performance of the existing fleet of power stations supplying electricity. The ...
  • Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components : a multi-country, multi-city study 
    Masselot, Pierre; Sera, Francesco; Schneider, Rochelle; Kan, Haidong; Lavigne, Eric; Stafoggia, Massimo; Tobias, Aurelio; Chen, Hong; Burnett, Richard T.; Schwartz, Joel; Zanobetti, Antonella; Bell, Michelle L.; Chen, Bing-Yu; Guo, Yue-Liang Leon; Ragettli, Martina S.; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Astrom, Christofer; Forsberg, Bertil; Iniguez, Carmen; Garland, Rebecca M.; Scovronick, Noah; Madureira, Joana; Nunes, Baltazar; De la Cruz Valencia, Cesar; Hurtado Diaz, Magali; Honda, Yasushi; Hashizume, Masahiro; Ng, Chris Fook Cheng; Samoli, Evangelia; Katsouyanni, Klea; Schneider, Alexandra; Breitner, Susanne; Ryti, Niilo R.I.; Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.; Maasikmets, Marek; Orru, Hans; Guo, Yuming; Valdes Ortega, Nicolas; Matus Correa, Patricia; Tong, Shilu; Gasparrini, Antonio (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2022-03)
    BACKGROUND : The association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality widely differs between as well as within countries. Differences in PM2.5 composition can play a role in modifying the effect estimates, but ...
  • Estimating particulate matter (PM) concentrations from a meteorological index for data-scarce regions : a pilot study 
    De Lange, Anzel; Garland, Rebecca M.; Dyson, Liesl L. (Elsevier, 2019-09)
    In regions where air quality data are scarce or access thereto is limited, a comprehensive understanding of air pollution is hindered by a lack of emission data and ambient air pollution measurements. Therefore, in this ...
  • Exploring meteorological conditions and human health impacts during two dust storm events in Northern Cape province, South Africa: Findings and lessons learnt 
    Nkosi, Vusumuzi; Mathee, Angela; Blesic, Suzana; Kapwata, Thandi; Kunene, Zamantimande; du Preez, David Jean; Garland, Rebecca M.; Wright, Caradee Yael (MDPI, 2022-03)
    Dust storms are meteorological hazards associated with several adverse health impacts including eye irritations, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders, and vehicular road accidents due to poor visibility. This study ...
  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions 
    Sokhi, Ranjeet S.; Singh, Vikas; Querol, Xavier; Finardi, Sandro; Targino, Admir Creso; De Fatima Andrade, Maria; Pavlovic, Radenko; Garland, Rebecca M.; Massague, Jordi; Kong, Shaofei; Baklanov, Alexander; Ren, Lu; Tarasova, Oksana; Carmichael, Greg; Peuch, Vincent-Henri; Anand, Vrinda; Arbilla, Graciela; Badali, Kaitlin; Beig, Gufran; Belalcazar, Luis Carlos; Casallas, Alejandro; Charland, Jean-Pierre; Choi, Jason; Chourdakis, Eleftherios; Coll, Isabelle; Collins, Marty; Cyrys, Josef; Da Silva, Cleyton Martins; Di Giosa, Alessandro Domenico; Di Leo, Anna; Ferro, Camilo; Gavidia-Calderon, Mario; Gayen, Amiya; Ginzburg, Alexander; Godefroy, Fabrice; Gonzalez, Yuri Alexandra; Guevara-Luna, Marco; Haque, Sk. Mafizul; Havenga, Henno; Herod, Dennis; Horrak, Urmas; Hussein, Tareq; Ibarra, Sergio; Jaimes, Monica; Kaasik, Marko; Khaiwal, Ravindra; Kim, Jhoon; Kousa, Anu; Kukkonen, Jaakko; Kulmala, Markku; Kuula, Joel; La Violette, Nathalie; Lanzani, Guido; Liu, Xi; MacDougall, Stephanie; Manseau, Patrick M.; Marchegiani, Giada; McDonald, Brian; Mishra, Swasti Vardhan; Molina, Luisa T.; Mooibroek, Dennis; Mor, Suman; Moussiopoulos, Nicolas; Murena, Fabio; Niemi, Jarkko V.; Noe, Steffen; Nogueira, Thiago; Norman, Michael; Perez-Camano, Juan Luis; Petaja, Tuukka; Piketh, Stuart; Rathod, Aditi; Reid, Ken; Retama, Armando; Rivera, Olivia; Rojas, Nestor Y.; Rojas-Quincho, Jhojan P.; San Jose, Roberto; Sanchez, Odon; Seguel, Rodrigo J.; Sillanpaa, Salla; Su, Yushan; Tapper, Nigel; Terrazas, Antonio; Timonen, Hilkka; Toscano, Domenico; Tsegas, George; Velders, Guus J.M.; Vlachokostas, Christos; Von Schneidemesser, Erika; VPM, Rajasree; Yadav, Ravi; Zalakeviciute, Rasa; Zavala, Miguel (Elsevier, 2021-12)
    This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of key air pollutant species during the COVID-19 ...
  • The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project comments on the revised WHO air quality guidelines 
    Paton-Walsh, Clare; Subramanian, R.; Crawford, James H.; Dawidowski, Laura; DeWitt, H. Langley; Emberson, Lisa; Emmons, Louisa; Garland, Rebecca M.; Kanaya, Yugo; Mbandi, Aderiana; Pratt, Kerri A.; Rojas, Nestor Y.; Salam, Abdus; Sindelárova, Katerina; Sinha, Vinayak; Toure, N’Datchoh Evelyne; Yu, Liya E.; Zheng, Mei (IOP Publishing, 2023-11)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • The intersection between air quality aerobiology and asthma in South Africa - could green spaces help? 
    Gharbi, Dorra; Vanker, Aneesa; Garland, Rebecca M.; Peter, Jonny (Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA), 2023-09)
    Global and South African populations continue to increase exponentially, with large flows of persons into urban centres. Urban air quality and bioaerosol are therefore becoming an increasingly important consideration in ...
  • Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere 
    Paton-Walsh, Clare; Emmerson, Kathryn M.; Garland, Rebecca M.; Keywood, Melita; Hoelzemann, Judith J.; Huneeus, Nicolas; Buchholz, Rebecca R.; Humphries, Ruhi S.; Altieri, Katye; Schmale, Julia; Wilson, Stephen R.; Labuschagne, Casper; Kalisa, Egide; Fisher, Jenny A.; Deutscher, Nicholas M.; Van Zyl, Pieter G.; Beukes, Johan P.; Joubert, Warren; Martin, Lynwil; Mkololo, Thumeka; Barbosa, Cybelli; Andrade, Maria de Fatima; Schofield, Robyn; Mallet, Marc D.; Harvey, Mike J.; Formenti, Paola; Piketh, Stuart J.; Olivares, Gustavo (University of California Press, 2022)
    This commentary paper from the recently formed International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Southern Hemisphere Working Group outlines key issues in atmospheric composition research that particularly impact the ...
  • Lagged acute respiratory outcomes among children related to ambient pollutant exposure in a high exposure setting in South Africa 
    Phaswana, Shumani; Wright, Caradee Yael; Garland, Rebecca M.; Khumalo, Thulie N.; Naidoo, Rajen N. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2022-11-07)
    BACKGROUND : Acute ambient air pollution impacts on the respiratory health of children may be lagged across time. We determined the short-term lagged effects of particulate matter (PM2.5), sulphur dioxide (SO2), and oxides ...
  • Large global variations in measured airborne metal concentrations driven by anthropogenic sources 
    McNeill, Jacob; Snider, Graydon; Weagle, Crystal L.; Walsh, Brenna; Bissonnette, Paul; Stone, Emily; Abboud, Ihab; Akoshile, Clement; Anh, Nguyen Xuan; Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar; Brook, Jeffrey R.; Coburn, Craig; Cohen, Aaron; Dong, Jinlu; Gagnon, Graham; Garland, Rebecca M.; He, Kebin; Holben, Brent N.; Kahn, Ralph; Kim, Jong Sung; Lagrosas, Nofel; Lestari, Puji; Liu, Yang; Jeba, Farah; Joy, Khaled Shaifullah; Martins, J. Vanderlei; Misra, Amit; Norford, Leslie K.; Quel, Eduardo J.; Salam, Abdus; Schichtel, Bret; Tripathi, S.N.; Wang, Chien; Zhang, Qiang; Brauer, Michael; Gibson, Mark D.; Rudich, Yinon; Martin, Randall V. (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-12-11)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • The launch of the first-ever integrated assessment of air pollution and climate change for sustainable development in Africa 
    Kaudia, Alice; Sokona, Youba; Mantlana, Brian; Mbandi, Aderiana; Osano, Philip; Kehbila, Anderson Gwanyebit; Nzuve, Lawrence; Tagwireyi, Caroline; Heaps, Charles; Hicks, Kevin; Palmer, Eve; Wernecke, Bianca; Garland, Rebecca M. (National Association for Clean Air, 2022)
    November 2022 saw the release of the “Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa - the Summary for Decision Makers Report” (UNEP, 2022), by the African Union Commission ...
  • A machine learning model to estimate ambient PM2.5 concentrations in industrialized highveld region of South Africa 
    Zhang, Danlu; Du, Linlin; Wang, Wenhao; Zhu, Qingyang; Bi, Jianzhao; Scovronick, Noah; Naidoo, Mogesh; Garland, Rebecca M.; Liu, Yang (Elsevier, 2021-12)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Major climate change-induced risks to human health in South Africa 
    Wright, Caradee Yael; Kapwata, Thandi; Du Preez, David Jean; Wernecke, Bianca; Garland, Rebecca M.; Nkosi, Vusumuzi; Landman, Willem Adolf; Dyson, Liesl L.; Norval, Mary (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    There are many climatic changes facing South Africa which already have, or are projected to have, a detrimental impact on human health. Here the risks to health due to several alterations in the climate of South Africa are ...
  • Major climate change-induced risks to human health in South Africa 
    Wright, Caradee Yael; Kapwata, Thandi; Du Preez, David Jean; Wernecke, Bianca; Garland, Rebecca M.; Nkosi, Vusumuzi; Landman, Willem Adolf; Dyson, Liesl L.; Norval, Mary (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    There are many climatic changes facing South Africa which already have, or are projected to have, a detrimental impact on human health. Here the risks to health due to several alterations in the climate of South Africa are ...
  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution : a global time series study in 749 locations 
    Chen, Gongbo; Guo, Yuming; Yue, Xu; Tong, Shilu; Gasparrini, Antonio; Armstrong, Ben; Schwartz, Joel; Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Lavigne, Eric; Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; Kan, Haidong; Roye, Dominic; Milojevic, Ai; Overcenco, Ala; Urban, Ales; Schneider, Alexandra; Entezari, Alireza; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Zeka, Ariana; Tobias, Aurelio; Nunes, Baltazar; Alahmad, Barrak; Forsberg, Bertil; Pan, Shih-Chun; Iniguez, Carmen; Ameling, Caroline; De la Cruz Valencia, Cesar; Astrom, Christofer; Houthuijs, Danny; Van Dung, Do; Samoli, Evangelia; Mayvaneh, Fatemeh; Sera, Francesco; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel; Lei, Yadong; Orru, Hans; Kim, Ho; Holobaca, Iulian-Horia; Kysely, Jan; Teixeira, Joao Paulo; Madureira, Joana; Katsouyanni, Klea; Hurtado-Diaz, Magali; Maasikmets, Marek; Ragettli, Martina S.; Hashizume, Masahiro; Stafoggia, Massimo; Pascal, Mathilde; Scortichini, Matteo; De Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Micheline; Ortega, Nicolas Valdes; Ryti, Niilo R.I.; Scovronick, Noah; Matus, Patricia; Goodman, Patrick; Garland, Rebecca M.; Abrutzky, Rosana; Garcia, Samuel Osorio; Rao, Shilpa; Fratianni, Simona; Dang, Tran Ngoc; Colistro, Valentina; Huber, Veronika; Lee, Whanhee; Seposo, Xerxes; Honda, Yasushi; Guo, Yue Leon; Ye, Tingting; Yu, Wenhua; Abramson, Michael J.; Samet, Jonathan M.; Li, Shanshan (Elsevier, 2021-09)
    BACKGROUND : Many regions of the world are now facing more frequent and unprecedentedly large wildfires. However, the association between wildfire-related PM2·5 and mortality has not been well characterised. We aimed to ...
  • Opinion : strengthening research in the Global South atmospheric science opportunities in South America and Africa 
    Garland, Rebecca M.; Altieri, Katye; Dawidowski, Laura; Gallardo, Laura; Mbandi, Aderiana; Rojas, Nestor Y.; Toure, N’Datchoh Evelyne (Copernicus Publications, 2024-05)
    To tackle the current pressing atmospheric science issues, as well as those in the future, a robust scientific community is necessary in all regions across the globe. Unfortunately, this does not yet exist. There are many ...