Air pollution: A huge threat to Earth by Behrooz Roozitalab

Roozitalab, Behrooz

Graduate Student

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Air Quality Modeling, Environmental Engineering

2020-03-04

2020 submissions

IATL, Iowa City, IA

More than four million people die annually due to ambient air pollution. Moreover, air pollution both reduces the crop production and plays an important role in climate change. As industrial activities are growing, pollution emissions are also increasing, in different sectors such as power and industry. These emissions lead to severe air pollution in the megacities. For example, the annual average concentration of particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometer (PM2.5) in Delhi, the capital of India, is about five times the World Health Organization guidelines. Moreover, air quality in a region can be influenced by air quality in other regions, too. For instance, air pollution from burning agricultural fields after crop cultivation can travel more than 200 miles and intensify Delhi's air pollution. Comparing the impacts of air pollution with ones of deadly Corona virus (COVID-19) reveals how severe the problem of air pollution is. If people and governments do not pay enough attention as they do for Corona virus, the Earth will eventually die. The long-term goal of my research is to provide detailed information regarding the state of air quality in India using contemporary tools that helps decision makers apply efficient emission control scenarios.

The idea of the drawing is mine but my friend (Saeideh Mohammadi) drew the painting.

1st place in the 2020 Graduate Student Category

air pollution
health
environment

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