Long-term mortality burden trends attributed to black carbon and PM from wildfire emissions across the continental USA from 2000 to 2020: a deep learning modelling study.

Journal: The Lancet. Planetary health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Long-term improvements in air quality and public health in the continental USA were disrupted over the past decade by increased fire emissions that potentially offset the decrease in anthropogenic emissions. This study aims to estimate trends in black carbon and PM concentrations and their attributable mortality burden across the USA.

Authors

  • Jing Wei
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
  • Jun Wang
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and the Department of Neurology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
  • Zhanqing Li
    College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China.
  • Shobha Kondragunta
    Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, College Park, MD, USA.
  • Susan Anenberg
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Yi Wang
    Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
  • Huanxin Zhang
    Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa Technology Institute, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
  • David Diner
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Jenny Hand
    Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
  • Alexei Lyapustin
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
  • Ralph Kahn
    Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
  • Peter Colarco
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
  • Arlindo da Silva
    Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
  • Charles Ichoku
    Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.