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{"title":"Key role of short-lived halogens on global atmospheric oxidation during historical periods.","authors":"Adriana Bossolasco, Rafael P Fernandez, Qinyi Li, Anoop S Mahajan, Julián Villamayor, Javier A Barrera, Dwayne E Heard, Carlos A Cuevas, Cyril Caram, Sophie Szopa, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez","doi":"10.1039/d4ea00141a","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4ea00141a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atmospheric oxidation largely determines the abundance and lifetime of short-lived climate forcers like methane, ozone and aerosols, as well as the removal of pollutants from the atmosphere. Hydroxyl, nitrate and chlorine radicals (OH, NO₃ and Cl), together with ozone (O₃), are the main atmospheric oxidants. Short-lived halogens (SLH) affect the concentrations of these oxidants, either through direct chemical reactions or indirectly by perturbing their main sources and sinks. However, the effect of SLH on the combined abundance of global oxidants during historical periods remains unquantified and is not accounted for in air quality and climate models. Here, we employ a state-of-the-art chemistry-climate model to comprehensively assess the role of SLH on atmospheric oxidation under both pre-industrial (PI) and present-day (PD) conditions. Our results show a substantial reduction in present-day atmospheric oxidation caused by the SLH-driven combined reduction in the global boundary layer levels of OH (16%), NO₃ (38%) and ozone (26%), which is not compensated by the pronounced increase in Cl (2632%). These global differences in atmospheric oxidants show large spatial heterogeneity due to the variability in SLH emissions and their nonlinear chemical interactions with anthropogenic pollution. Remarkably, we find that the effect of SLH was more pronounced in the pristine PI atmosphere, where a quarter (OH: -25%) and half (NO₃: -49%) of the boundary layer concentration of the main daytime and nighttime atmospheric oxidants, respectively, were controlled by SLH chemistry. The lack of inclusion of the substantial SLH-mediated reduction in global atmospheric oxidation in models may lead to significant errors in calculations of atmospheric oxidation capacity, and the concentrations and trends of short-lived climate forcers and pollutants, both historically and at present.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11927078/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of high spectral resolution lidar-derived PM2.5 concentration from SEAC4RS, ACEPOL, and three DISCOVER-AQ campaigns†","authors":"Bethany Sutherland and Nicholas Meskhidze","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00143E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00143E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >PM<small>_2.5</small> (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm) exposure at elevated levels has been associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the high spatiotemporal variability of aerosols poses challenges in monitoring PM<small>_2.5</small> using ground-based measurement networks. Previously, we developed a new method (referred to as HSRL-CH) to estimate surface PM<small>_2.5</small> concentration and chemical composition using High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL)-retrieved extinction and derived aerosol types. In this study, we evaluate HSRL-CH performance across the United States using HSRL retrievals from five campaigns: DISCOVER-AQ California, SEAC<small>⁴</small>RS, DISCOVER-AQ Texas, DISCOVER-AQ Colorado, and ACEPOL. We assess the remotely derived PM<small>_2.5</small> estimates against measurements from the EPA Air Quality System (AQS) and compare HSRL-CH-derived aerosol chemical compositions with AQS-measured compositions. Across all campaigns, HSRL-CH-derived PM<small>_2.5</small> shows a mean absolute error (MAE) of 10.2 μg m<small>⁻³</small>. The DISCOVER-AQ California campaign had the highest MAE (14.8 μg m<small>⁻³</small>), while other campaigns had MAE ≤ 7.2 μg m<small>⁻³</small>. The lowest MAE occurs when dusty mix type aerosols dominate the retrieved aerosol optical depth, while the highest MAE is associated with smoke type aerosols. Different planetary boundary layer height estimates can lead to a 20% difference in MAE. We anticipate that the HSRL-CH method will provide reliable estimates of PM<small>_2.5</small> concentration and chemical composition once satellite-based HSRL data acquisition becomes feasible.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 270-290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ea/d4ea00143e?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143611948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of street trees on local air pollutant concentrations (NO2, BC, UFP, PM2.5) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands†","authors":"Juliane L. Fry, Pascale Ooms, Maarten Krol, Jules Kerckhoffs, Roel Vermeulen, Joost Wesseling and Sef van den Elshout","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00157E","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4EA00157E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Urban street trees can affect air pollutant concentrations by reducing ventilation rates in polluted street canyons (increasing concentrations), or by providing surface area for deposition (decreasing concentrations). This paper examines these effects in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, using mobile measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO<small>₂</small>), particulate matter (PM), black carbon (BC), and ultrafine particulate matter (UFP). The effect of trees is accounted for in regulatory dispersion models (https://www.cimlk.nl) by the application of an empirically determined tree factor, dependent on the existence and density of the tree canopy, to concentrations due to traffic emissions. Here, we examine the effect of street trees on different pollutants using street-level mobile measurements in a detailed case study (repeated measurements of several neighboring streets) and a larger statistical analysis of measurements across the urban core of Rotterdam. We find that in the summertime, when trees are fully leafed-out, the major short-lived traffic-related pollutants of NO<small>₂</small> and BC have higher concentrations in streets with higher traffic and greater tree cover, while PM<small>_2.5</small> has slightly lower concentrations in streets with higher tree factor. UFP shows a less clear, but decreasing trend with tree factor. In low-traffic streets and in wintertime (fewer leaves on trees) measurements confirm the importance of leaves to pollutant trapping by trees, by finding no enhancement of NO<small>₂</small> and BC with increasing tree cover, rather a slightly decreasing trend in pollutant concentrations with tree factor. Our observations are consistent with the dominant effect of (leafed-out) trees being to trap traffic-emitted pollutants at the surface, but that PM<small>_2.5</small> in street canyons is more often added by transport from outside the street, which can be attenuated by tree cover. Overall, these measurements emphasize that both traffic-emitted and regional sources are important factors that determine air quality in Rotterdam streets, making the effect of street trees different for different pollutants and different seasons.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 394-404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11844741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Assessing conditions favoring the survival of African dust-borne microorganisms during long-range transport across the tropical Atlantic","authors":"Ali Hossein Mardi, Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Regina Hanlon, Cristina González Martín, David Schmale, Armin Sorooshian and Hosein Foroutan","doi":"10.1039/D5EA90004B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EA90004B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Correction for ‘Assessing conditions favoring the survival of African dust-borne microorganisms during long-range transport across the tropical Atlantic’ by Ali Hossein Mardi <em>et al.</em>, <em>Environ. Sci.: Atmos.</em>, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ea00093e.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 405-405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ea/d5ea90004b?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ice nucleation onto model nanoplastics in the cirrus cloud regime","authors":"Omar Girlanda, Guangyu Li, Denise M. Mitrano, Christopher H. Dreimol and Zamin A. Kanji","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00132J","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4EA00132J","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The proportion of ice crystals in clouds can affect cloud albedo and lifetime, impacting the Earth's radiative budget. Ice nucleating particles (INPs) lower the energy barrier of ice nucleation and thus facilitate primary ice formation in the atmosphere. Atmospheric nanoplastics (NPs) have been detected in remote regions far from emission sources, suggesting that they can become airborne and undergo long-range transport in the atmosphere. During the atmospheric residence of NPs, they could catalyse primary ice crystal formation by acting as INPs. In this study, we present results from laboratory experiments in which model NPs composed of polystyrene and polyacrylonitrile were tested for their ice-nucleating ability using the horizontal ice nucleation chamber (HINC) as a function of ice-nucleation temperature and water saturation ratio. The results showed that NPs can be effective INPs under both cirrus and cold mixed-phase cloud conditions. The surface characteristics and wettability of the NPs were analysed <em>via</em> scanning electron images and dynamic vapour sorption measurements, which revealed the freezing mechanism as a combination of deposition nucleation and pore condensation and freezing. The results highlight the need to enumerate and characterise NPs in the atmosphere, given their potential to get scavenged by clouds <em>via</em> primary ice formation in clouds.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 378-393"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11836774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating the atmospheric aerosol number size distribution using deep learning","authors":"Yusheng Wu, Martha Arbayani Zaidan, Runlong Cai, Jonathan Duplissy, Magdalena Okuljar, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Tuukka Petäjä and Juha Kangasluoma","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00127C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00127C","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The submicron aerosol number size distribution significantly impacts human health, air quality, weather, and climate. However, its measurement requires sophisticated and expensive instrumentation that demands substantial maintenance efforts, leading to limited data availability. To tackle this challenge, we developed estimation models using advanced deep learning algorithms to estimate the aerosol number size distribution based on trace gas concentrations, meteorological parameters, and total aerosol number concentration. These models were trained and validated with 15 years of ambient data from three distinct environments, and data from a fourth station were exclusively used for testing. Our estimative models successfully replicated the trends in the test data, capturing the temporal variations of particles ranging from approximately 10–500 nm, and accurately deriving total number, surface area, and mass concentrations. The model's accuracy for particles below 75 nm is limited without the inclusion of total particle number concentration as training input, highlighting the importance of this parameter for capturing the dynamics of smaller particles. The reliance on total particle number concentration, a parameter not routinely measured at all in air quality monitoring sites, as a key input for accurate estimation of smaller particles presents a practical challenge for broader application of the models. Our models demonstrated a robust generalization capability, offering valuable data for health assessments, regional pollution studies, and climate modeling. The estimation models developed in this work are representative of ambient conditions in Finland, but the methodology in general can be applied in broader regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 367-377"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ea/d4ea00127c?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interaction of ions and surfactants at the seawater–air interface†","authors":"Shirin Gholami, Tillmann Buttersack, Clemens Richter, Florian Trinter, Rémi Dupuy, Louisa Cablitz, Qi Zhou, Christophe Nicolas, Andrey Shavorskiy, Dian Diaman, Uwe Hergenhahn, Bernd Winter and Hendrik Bluhm","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00151F","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4EA00151F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The interface of the oceans and aqueous aerosols with air drives many important physical and chemical processes in the environment, including the uptake of CO<small>₂</small> by the oceans. Transport across and reactions at the ocean–air boundary are in large part determined by the chemical composition of the interface, <em>i.e.</em>, the first few nanometers into the ocean. The main constituents of the interface, besides water molecules, are dissolved ions and amphiphilic surfactants, which are ubiquitous in nature. We have used a combination of surface tension measurements and liquid-jet X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate model seawater solutions at realistic ocean-water ion concentrations in the absence and in the presence of model surfactants. Our investigations provide a quantitative picture of the enhancement or reduction of the concentration of ions due to the presence of charged surfactants at the interface. We have also directly determined the concentration of surfactants at the interface, which is related to the ionic strength of the solution (<em>i.e.</em>, the “salting out” effect). Our results show that the interaction of ions and surfactants can strongly change the concentration of both classes of species at aqueous solution–air interfaces, with direct consequences for heterogeneous reactions as well as gas uptake and release at ocean–air interfaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 291-299"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11843437/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Salting out and nitrogen effects on cloud-nucleating ability of amino acid aerosol mixtures †","authors":"Nahin Ferdousi-Rokib, Kotiba A. Malek, Kanishk Gohil, Kiran R. Pitta, Dabrina D Dutcher, Timothy M. Raymond, Miriam Arak Freedman and Akua A. Asa-Awuku","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00128A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00128A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Atmospheric aerosols exist as complex mixtures containing three or more compounds. Ternary aerosol mixtures composed of organic/organic/inorganic can undergo liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) under supersaturated conditions, affecting phase morphology and water uptake propensity. Phase separation and water uptake in ternary systems has previously been parameterized by oxygen to carbon (O : C) ratio; however, nitrogen containing organics, such as amino acid aerosols, also exist within complex mixtures. Yet, amino acid mixture CCN activity is poorly understood. In this study, we study the supersaturated hygroscopicity of three systems of internal mixtures containing ammonium sulfate (AS), 2-methylglutaric acid (2-MGA), and an amino acid. The three systems are AS/2-MGA/proline (Pro), AS/2-MGA/valine (Val), and AS/2-MGA/leucine (Leu). The amino acids are similar in O : C ratios but vary in solubility. Water-uptake, across a range of aerosol compositions in the ternary space, is measured using a cloud condensation nuclei counter (CCNC) from 0.4 to 1.7% supersaturation (SS). The single hygroscopicity parameter, <em>κ</em>, was calculated from CCNC measurements. All three systems exhibit two regions; one of these regions is phase separated mixtures when the composition is dominated by AS and 2-MGA; 2-MGA partitions to the droplet surface due to its surface-active nature and has a negligible contribution to water uptake. The second region is a homogeneous aerosol mixture, where all three compounds contribute to hygroscopicity. However, well mixed aerosol hygroscopicity is dependent on the solubility of the amino acid. Mixed Pro aerosols are the most hygroscopic while Leu aerosols are the least hygroscopic. Theoretical <em>κ</em> values were calculated using established models, including traditional <em>κ</em>-Köhler, O : C solubility and O : C-LLPS models. To account for the possible influence of polar N–C bonds on solubility and water uptake, the <em>X</em> : C parameterization is introduced through the <em>X</em> : C solubility and <em>X</em> : C-LLPS models; <em>X</em> : C is obtained from the ratio of oxygen and nitrogen to carbon. The study demonstrates competing organic–inorganic interactions driven by salting out effects in the presence of AS. Traditional methods cannot further encapsulate the non-ideal thermodynamic interactions within nitrogen-containing organic aerosol mixtures thus predictions of LLPS and hygroscopicity in nitrogen containing ternary systems should incorporate surface activity, O–C, N–C bonds, and salting out effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 4","pages":" 485-501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ea/d4ea00128a?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143809084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emissions from agricultural fires in India: field measurements of climate relevant aerosol chemical and optical properties†","authors":"Taveen Singh Kapoor, Gupta Anurag, Chimurkar Navinya, Saurabh Lonkar, Kajal Yadav, Ramya Sunder Raman, Chandra Venkataraman and Harish C. Phuleria","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00104D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00104D","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Carbonaceous aerosol particles are associated with large uncertainties in their climate impacts because of incomplete knowledge of their optical properties and emission magnitudes. Biomass-burning sources significantly contribute to carbonaceous aerosol emissions in India, with crop residue burning being crucial during post-harvest months. Here, for the first time, we study the chemical and optical properties of emission aerosols using <em>in situ</em> real-time and filter-based measurements from significantly contributing crop residue straws, stalks, and stems in India. Emitted particles exhibited optical behaviour characteristic of the brown-black carbon absorption continuum, with large mass absorption cross-sections (MAC<small>₅₂₀</small>: 8.2 ± 9.6 m<small>²</small> g<small>⁻¹</small>) and small absorption Angström exponents (AAE<small>_370/660</small>: 1.97 ± 0.81). They contain significant amounts of lower volatility organic (OC<small>_LV</small>) and elemental carbon fractions. The relative abundances of OC<small>_LV</small> correlate positively with MAC<small>₅₂₀</small> and negatively with AAE<small>_370/660</small>, implying significant absorption exerted by OC<small>_LV</small>, with likely atmospheric persistence. Additionally, we measured emission factors for a complete list of particulate chemical constituents. Emission factors of elemental carbon are larger than those in earlier studies, indicating a 1.6–3.8 times increase in the climate warming potential of the emitted particles from crop residue burning. The intrinsic property measurements and the emissions estimates made here can aid climate modelling efforts that underestimate aerosol absorption in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 316-331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ea/d4ea00104d?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143611949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Particles emitted from smouldering peat: size-resolved composition and emission factors†","authors":"Amy L. Wilson, Wuquan Cui, Yuqi Hu, Marta Chiapasco, Guillermo Rein, Alexandra E. Porter, Geoff Fowler and Marc E. J. Stettler","doi":"10.1039/D4EA00124A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4EA00124A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Peat fires emit large quantities of particles and gases, which cause extensive haze events. Epidemiological studies have correlated wildfire smoke inhalation with increased morbidity and mortality. Despite this, uncertainties surrounding particle properties and their impact on human health and the climate remain. To expand on the limited understanding this laboratory study investigated the physicochemical characteristics of particles emitted from smouldering Irish peat. Properties investigated included number and mass emission factors (EFs), size distribution, morphology, and chemical composition. Fine particles with a diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM<small>_2.5</small>), accounted for 91 ± 2% of the total particle mass and the associated mass EF was 12.52 ± 1.40 g kg<small>⁻¹</small>. Transmission electron microscopy imaging revealed irregular shaped metal particles, spherical sulfate particles, and carbonaceous particles with clusters of internal particles. Extracted particle-bound metals accounted for 3.1 ± 0.5% of the total particle mass, with 86% of the quantified metals residing in the fraction with a diameter less than 1 μm. Redox active and carcinogenic metals were detected in the particles, which have been correlated with adverse health effects if inhaled. This study improves the understanding of size-resolved particle characteristics relevant to near-source human exposure and will provide a basis for comparison to other controlled and natural peatland fires.</p>","PeriodicalId":72942,"journal":{"name":"Environmental science: atmospheres","volume":" 3","pages":" 348-366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11827554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}