Air Pollution Content

Video Series Aims at Improving Indoor Air Quality

Andy Fell — October 16, 2024 - 2:29pm

Improving indoor air quality is the goal of a new video series developed by experts at the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health. Aimed at building and facility managers, the videos distill the science of air quality into steps building and facility managers can take to remove pollutants, including viruses, from the place we spend most of our time -- indoors.

A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities

Emily C Dooley — May 29, 2024 - 12:00pm

Dust particles from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed increased air pollution in local communities, found a ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis study. The pollution coincides with reduced flows into the lake.

VIDEO ADDED: ‘��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis LIVE’ on Viruses, Smoke and Indoor Air Quality

Andy Fell — October 29, 2021 - 1:10pm

Grant to Study How Liquid Aerosols Impact Climate

Andy Fell — September 16, 2021 - 11:46am

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $560,000 grant to Professor Qi Zhang, Department of Environmental Toxicology, to study secondary organic aerosols and further understand how pollution affects the atmosphere.

Zhang’s research over the course of three years will examine how organic aerosols that are formed through reactions in atmospheric liquid water, such as cloud droplets, affect global climate.

Air Quality Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s

Amy M Quinton — May 17, 2021 - 8:08am

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for age-related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Their study, based on rodent models, corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing this association.

Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution

Andy Fell — February 15, 2018 - 4:17pm

Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to urban air pollution as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA and including researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results are published Feb. 16 in the journal Science.

Testing Sonoma Ash and Air for Fire-Formed Pollutants

Andy Fell — January 23, 2018 - 11:18am

When fires ripped through suburban subdivisions in Santa Rosa last October, they may have done more than reduce homes to ashes. By incinerating all kinds of materials — insulation, electronics, furniture, cleaning products, pesticides — at very high temperatures, they could have created unknown or previously unrecognized health hazards in the smoke and ash. Researchers from ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis, are trying to figure out just what is in that ash and air.

Surface Ozone Pollution Damages Rice Production in China

Patricia Bailey — March 13, 2017 - 11:00am

Researchers at ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis and in China have quantified rice-yield losses associated with surface-ozone pollution and pinpointed the growth stage when the plants are most vulnerable.