Great Salt Lake is rebounding but dust monitoring needs improvement
Utah should deploy equipment to track PM10 blowing from exposed lakebed into Davis, Weber counties, according to GSL Strike Team.
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Technology for oxidizing atmospheric methane won’t help the climate
U atmospheric scientists show proposed “geoengineering” effort to remove potent greenhouse gas could worse air quality while providing minimal benefits.
Read MoreIs ozone pollution harming unborn children?
Interdisciplinary research documents a link between prenatal exposures in Utah and increased risk of intellectual disability.
Read MoreLonger wildfire seasons means more bad air days
Categories: Campus Life, Community, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Latest Stories, Safety, Science & Technology, Students, Sustainability
Each year, Utah and much of the west goes up in flame.
Read More2024 U Clear the Air Challenge
Participants who sign up and record the minimum number of trips qualify for a chance to win prizes.
Read MoreJust how dangerous is Great Salt Lake dust? New research looks for clues
U scientists determine sediments from the dry playa have elevated ‘oxidative potential,’ indicating greater risk to human health.
Read MoreDaniel Mendoza: Turning science into action
The U atmospheric sciences researcher marshals the data to help improve life for those in Salt Lake’s underserved communities.
Read MoreUnraveling Utah’s summer ozone puzzle
Categories: Research
U scientists’ air quality data to support deep probe into a growing air pollution problem in Salt Lake Valley.
Read MoreEnvironmental refuges to escape the heat
Categories: Belonging, Community, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Daniel Mendoza discusses the need for “cool zones,” for the public to escape increasingly extreme heatwaves and its associated heat-related illness.
Read More‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Google Street View cars sampled air quality at a scale fine enough to capture variations within neighborhoods. A new atmospheric modeling method can identify pollution emission sources in many cities.
Read MoreVehicle idling can compound local pollution on bad air days
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Safety, Science & Technology
Data from drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites shows hyper-local air quality effects of idling.
Read MoreDirtiest snow-year in the Wasatch accelerated snowmelt by 17 days
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, News Releases, Science & Technology
The Great Salt Lake’s dry lakebed contributed the highest dust emissions per surface area during 2022, which had the most dust deposition events and concentrations since observations began in 2009.
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