Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research
Bringing together research on how air pollution and new forms of energy affect our health
An NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence
2020 Asia Pacific Forum for Environmental Health Assessment (APF-EHA 2020)
November 14, 2019
All participants are warmly welcomed to the 2020 Asia Pacific Forum for Environmental Health Assessment (APF-EHA 2020) will be held by Climate, Air Quality Research Unit, Monash University, Australia. This forum will bring together academic staff, researchers in universities, government representatives, health professionals, and students who are dedicated to the protection of human health from the environmental pollution and climate change.
26-28 July 2020 Melbourne · Australia
CAR Seminar series: Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA
November 14, 2019
Exposure to fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) is hazardous to health. This study was done to estimate the longevity benefits of current air pollution regulations and of further lowering concentrations. We used a statistical model, adjusted for other determinants of mortality such as poverty, to directly estimate mortality and life expectancy loss due to current PM2.5 pollution.
CAR Seminar Series: Climate change, extreme wildfires and air pollution
October 03, 2019
Two topics will be discussed: (1) Prescribed burns - how do they impact air quality. The timing of prescribed burns and key meteorological factors will be discussed; and (2) The use of high-resolution climate modelling to identify how future changes in atmospheric instability and dryness increase the potential for extreme wildfires.
CAR Seminar Series: Uncertainty framing, how to publish interesting but inconclusive results...
September 12, 2019
Scientists address uncertainty not only in how they perform analyses, but also in how they write about their results. This seminar discusses the many ways in which scientists describe how uncertainty affects interpretation of their conclusions, and how this makes inconclusive results publishable. In addition to an analysis of abstracts in the water sector, a controversy in air pollution is used as an example to spark debate and encourage critique and improvement of current practice.
CAR-CASANZ joint webinar: Air pollution mitigation using passive techniques in the built environment.
September 15, 2019
Join Asst. Prof John Gallagher from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, CASANZ and CAR for this special seminar on air pollution mitigation using passive techniques in the built environment.
CAR seminar series: From citizen science to urban climate: the Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) monitoring network
August 29, 2019
Prof Melissa Hart will discuss a citizen science project that is placing meteorology and air quality sensors in schools across Sydney. Students collect and analyse research quality data in curriculum-aligned classroom activities. Data are also available online to the public and researchers.
Long-range sensors extend reach of air quality monitoring in South Pacific project
July 25, 2019
A CAR research project that is piloting low-cost sensors to monitor local air quality in Pacific Island countries is collaborating with the University of Oxford and UNSW to monitor regional sources of airborne particulates.
