{"id":6478,"date":"2024-06-18T08:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/?page_id=6478"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:47:42","slug":"salt-in-air-beyond-sea-spray-in-coastal-city-pollution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-features\/salt-in-air-beyond-sea-spray-in-coastal-city-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt in Air: Beyond Sea Spray in Coastal City Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tSalt in Air: Beyond Sea Spray in Coastal City Pollution\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sea-Salt-Aerosol-Infographic-Revised-2.png\" alt=\"Sea Salt Aerosol Infographic (Revised-2)\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Sea Salt Aerosol Infographic (Revised-2)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Exciting News for Air Quality Monitoring!<\/p>\n<p>A study by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xiaorui-wu-49134b24b\/\">Dr. Wu Xiaorui<\/a> at NUS Environmental Research Institute and NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering has improved the air pollutants characterization method by distinguishing airborne salts emitting from natural sea spray from human activities, especially for coastal cities.\u00a0 This upgrades the method with a new capability to better pinpoint sources of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5<\/sub>), which could be associated with health concerns of respiratory and cardiovascular issues.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders can now better identify how much PM<sub>2.5<\/sub> comes from natural sea spray and various human-driven activities.\u00a0 This can enable policy making to target the right sources to improve urban air quality, a stepping stone to meet the tough goal PM<sub>2.5<\/sub>, an annual concentration of 5 \u00b5g\/m\u00b3, recommended by the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Assoc Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liya-yu-15b9211a\/\">Liya E. 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