Roya Bahreini

More transparency about So Cal's fire-polluted air

Tracie Ventimiglia — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:58:03 +0000

More transparency about So Cal's fire-polluted air Tracie Ventimiglia Tue, 01/28/2025 - 10:58 More News Jules Bernstein January 24, 2025

Many phone apps offer general but nonspecific information about airborne particles. To help increase public safety amidst LA fire season, scientists are making new, real-time, advanced air pollutant measurements available online for free to the public.

The Atmospheric Science and Measurement Network, or ASCENT project, is a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring network of 12 sites spread among urban and remote environments in the U.S., with three sites in Southern California. These are in Pico Rivera in Los Angeles, Rubidoux in Riverside, and Joshua Tree National Park.

Q&A: What, exactly, is going up in flames?

Mayra Gandarilla — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:27:07 +0000

Q&A: What, exactly, is going up in flames? Mayra Gandarilla Tue, 09/17/2024 - 11:27 More News Jules Bernstein and David Danelski September 10, 2024

Several Southern California communities, including Riverside, are being hit with smoke from the huge Line Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, creating what the Environmental Protection Agency classifies as “very unhealthy” air quality. UC Riverside experts on environmental pollution describe what we’re breathing, how long the airborne particles are likely to stick around, and what long-term effects they are having. Experts include:

James Gomez, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Markus Petters, professor, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Roya Bahreini, professor of atmospheric science

William Porter, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Sciences

Francesca Hopkins, associate professor of climate change and sustainability

Learning more than ever, faster than ever, about what we breathe

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:17:52 +0000

Learning more than ever, faster than ever, about what we breathe Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/10/2021 - 13:17 More News Jules Bernstein November 04, 2021

Nobody is currently taking continuous, routine measurements of the particles suspended in America’s air, called aerosols. That is set to change as a new, nationwide monitoring network launches with a site in Riverside, California.