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Category Archives: air pollution
Pants on Fire, Causing Higher Carbon Emissions
President Trump, concerned about poor performance with Millennials and Independents is now touting his record in reducing US carbon emissions. This Pants-On-Fire lie has him taking credit for a decade-long trajectory toward lower emissions that is predominantly caused by a … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate
Tagged carbon dioxide, climate, coal, emissions, greenhouse gas, lies, natural gas, pants-on-fire, policy, Trump
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Air Quality Measurements on Your Own Window Sill
[This is a guest blog post from Talmor Meir, a PhD student at Stevens Institute in the Maritime Security Laboratory.] Good news to NYC and it’s neighbors: According to The New York Times air across our city is the cleanest it … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution
Tagged air quality, carbon monoxide, citizen science, egg, measurement, Meir, New York City, nitrogen dioxide, NO2, personal, sampling, survey, Tal, Talmor
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Next Mayor: Continue to Lead on Climate
This is an Op-Ed published in the New York Times Room for Debate forum . It was solicited by the RfD editor, with the topic being “transportation challenges for the next mayor”. It was eventually published under a somewhat different debate topic, … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate, opinion
Tagged air pollution, bicycle, Bloomberg, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, debate, DeBlasio, emissions, flooding, marine, mayor, New York City, New York Times, nyc, Quinn, SBS, sea level rise, transportation
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Baseline Air Quality Measurements at Asphalt Green
As summarized in a prior post, we are now collecting air pollution data at the site of the proposed marine garbage transfer station (MTS) at East 91st Street in Manhattan. The site is next to Asphalt Green, a large community … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution
Tagged air quality, Asphalt Green, children, exposure, garbage, Manhattan, marine, measurement, MTS, observation, particle, particulate, PM2.5, pollution, transfer, Upper East Side, Yorkville
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Latest plume forecast for Japan
Future Japan air and water radiation plume updates will continue at a different blog site so change your bookmarks. Predicted plume dispersion over the next 36 hours (through morning of 17 March, Japan Standard Time). Although the plume was directed … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, security
Tagged forecast, Japan, nuclear, plume, radiation, Tokyo, wind
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Airborne plume dispersion in coastal areas
New York City, like most megacities including Tokyo, does not have mechanisms in place to evacuate the population of the entire city. Even the direst catastrophic scenarios entail a strategy of sheltering in place for at least some of the … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, security, weather
Tagged Indian Point, Japan, Manhattan, meteorology, New York City, nuclear, radiation, sea breeze, Tokyo, wind
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Which way would airborne toxic gases blow during a terrorist release?
In the event of a terrorist release of a harmful chemical, biological or radiological (CBR) agent as a weapon in an urban area, the motion of the gas and particles is unpredictable. Factors that contribute to the complexity of the … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, security, weather
Tagged cbr, chemical, large eddy simulation, Manhattan, radiation, sea breeze, urban dispersion, weather
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The Big Stink: II. Scents and the Weather
Weather conditions can promote or inhibit bad smells in an urban area. Warm weather can increase bacterial decomposition of organic matter, which under certain conditions can produce sulfurous smells – this is why it often reeks when you walk past … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, water, weather
Tagged Manhattan, maple syrup, mercaptan, natural gas, new jersey, New York City, pollution, rotten egg
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