By Bill Simpson and Krista Heeringa Fine particulate matter pollution in high latitude cities like Fairbanks is a serious problem for the health of residents during winter. In addition to meteorological conditions that create strong inversions in Fairbanks during winter, chemical reactions among pollutants behave differently in cold, dark conditions …
By Yuhan Yang, Rodney Weber and Bill Simpson We often think about air quality in terms of how much particulate matter is floating around in the air we breathe. This makes sense as health studies consistently link breathing in particles to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The real danger, however, might …
Using a mobile laboratory, we mapped pollution from downtown Fairbanks up Birch Hill.
The Fairbanks Winter Air Project (FairAir) shared results at the UAF Arctic Research Open House. Since this event was in May, it was well after the wintertime pollution season, and being before the wildfire season, air quality was quite good. For that reason, we need a source of particles and …
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?
This is the recording of a live event in which we described instruments that are collecting data in the Hamilton Acres neighborhood to help improve understanding of impacts of outdoor air quality on the air we breathe indoors. Watch the recording on the Geophysical Institute YouTube channel.
