{"676650":{"#nid":"676650","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Effort to Improve Wintertime Air Quality in Fairbanks, Alaska, May Not Be as Effective as Intended","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research shows that improving wintertime air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska \u2014 particularly in frigid conditions around 40 below zero Fahrenheit \u2014 may be less effective than intended.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by a team of University of Alaska Fairbanks and Georgia Tech researchers that includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/weber-dr-rodney\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERodney Weber\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the researchers\u0027 latest findings are published in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.ado4373\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, the team leveraged state-of-the-art thermodynamic tools used in global air quality models, with an aim to better understand how reducing the amount of primary sulfate in the atmosphere might affect sub-zero air quality conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project stems from the 2022 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gi.alaska.edu\/news\/dozens-experts-arrive-fairbanks-air-quality-research\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E project, or ALPACA, an international project funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and European sources. It is part of an international air quality effort called Pollution in the Arctic: Climate Environment and Societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the full story in the University of Alaska Fairbanks \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uaf.edu\/news\/new-research-has-implications-for-fairbanks-winter-air-quality-improvement.php\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Enewsroom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew research shows that improving wintertime air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska \u2014 particularly in frigid conditions around 40 below zero Fahrenheit \u2014 may be less effective than intended.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by a team of University of Alaska Fairbanks and Georgia Tech researchers that includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/weber-dr-rodney\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERodney Weber\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the researchers\u0027 latest findings are published in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.ado4373\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, the team leveraged state-of-the-art thermodynamic tools used in global air quality models, with an aim to better understand how reducing the amount of primary sulfate in the atmosphere might affect sub-zero air quality conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project stems from the 2022 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gi.alaska.edu\/news\/dozens-experts-arrive-fairbanks-air-quality-research\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E project, or ALPACA, an international project funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and European sources. It is part of an international air quality effort called Pollution in the Arctic: Climate Environment and Societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the full story in the University of Alaska Fairbanks \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uaf.edu\/news\/new-research-has-implications-for-fairbanks-winter-air-quality-improvement.php\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Enewsroom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2024-09-09 19:01:08","changed_gmt":"2024-09-09 19:25:12","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Phys.org","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-09-effort-wintertime-air-quality-fairbanks.html","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"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":""}}}