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Lokasi titik api dari pantauan satelit S-NPP/VIIRS pada tanggal 7 September 2019. NASA Worldview

September 11, 2019

Peneliti AS buat alat untuk deteksi wilayah yang paling rawan terkena kabut asap berbahaya

Tianjia Liu, Harvard University; Miriam Marlier, RAND School of Public Policy; Jonathan Buonocore, Harvard University; Loretta Mickley, Harvard University, and Ruth DeFries, Columbia University

Alat kami menunjukkan bahwa memprioritaskan kegiatan restorasi di pantai timur Sumatra Selatan akan menghasilkan manfaat kesehatan terbesar bagi 3 negara, Indonesia, Singapura dan Malaysia.

Active fire hotspots detected by S-NPP/VIIRS on September 7 2019. NASA Worldview

September 10, 2019

We built an app to detect areas most vulnerable to life‑threatening haze

Tianjia Liu, Harvard University; Miriam Marlier, RAND School of Public Policy; Jonathan Buonocore, Harvard University; Loretta Mickley, Harvard University, and Ruth DeFries, Columbia University

We have developed an online tool to help authorities identify which areas they should focus on for reducing forest fires and haze in order to maximize overall health benefits.

A large dust storm, or haboob, sweeps across downtown Phoenix on July 21, 2012. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File

June 11, 2018

Increased deaths and illnesses from inhaling airborne dust: An understudied impact of climate change

Ploy Pattanun Achakulwisut, George Washington University; Loretta Mickley, Harvard University, and Susan Anenberg, George Washington University

New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.

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