The Fairbanks North Star Borough has bad air quality in winter due to low winds and intense temperature inversions that trap locally generated pollution. We cannot control the weather, which leaves controlling local pollution sources as the only option to clean the air.
Temperature inversions cause bad air days, but how shallow is the polluted layer on these stagnant days?
What is the air like inside a house when it is polluted outside? How is indoor air affected by activities inside?
By Nathan Kettle Fairbanks, North Pole, and surrounding areas frequently experience unhealthy levels of particulate matter in winter air. Our community has been working on addressing the linked issues of winter air pollution, affordable energy and wood burning for over a decade. But how exactly do people in North Pole …
Measurements of sulfur dioxide this winter show a dramatic reduction after fuel sulfur was reduced.
The Fairbanks winter air quality study (FairAir) is a part of an international consortium of more than twenty institutions that are organized under the Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis – 2022 (ALPACA-2022) scientific field study. The study was carried out in January and February, 2022, and details on participants, …
As a part of the UAF Discover Alaska seminar series, Bill Simpson presented “The Air We Breathe: Indoor Air Quality in Alaska”. You can view a recording of the event at this link.
There has been talk about spotting a UFO in Fairbanks, but we are here to break the myth. A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in collaboration with institutes from France and Italy, have been conducting experiments using this balloon as a part of the …
When we talk about air pollution, the first thought that pops into most people’s heads is polluted skies & outdoor environments. However, indoor air pollution is an equally important issue for human health. An average person spends 90% of their time indoors, which makes it all the more crucial to …
