{"648221":{"#nid":"648221","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What researchers are learning about air pollution and the pandemic shutdown","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen the pandemic shutdown began in spring 2020, causing a sharp reduction in traffic \u0026mdash; and with it, a decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions worldwide \u0026mdash; researchers like \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ng-dr-nga-lee-sally\u0022\u003ESally Ng,\u003C\/a\u003E associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;saw a unique opportunity. \u0026quot;This opportunity provides us a way to take out one ingredient and look at the consequences on the other pollutants in the atmosphere,\u0026quot; Ng says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-06-18 16:11:34","changed_gmt":"2021-06-18 16:11:34","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 service awards","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/pennsylvania\/2021\/06\/17\/what-researchers-are-learning-about-air-pollution-and-the-pandemic-shutdown\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"169677","name":"sally ng"},{"id":"11381","name":"pollutants"},{"id":"729","name":"pandemic"},{"id":"188115","name":"nitrogen oxide emissions"},{"id":"1262","name":"traffic"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}