Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Environmental Engineering"
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An Analysis of Costs and Health Co-Benefits for a U.S. Power Plant Carbon Standard
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants can have important “co-benefits” for public health by reducing emissions of air pollutants. Here, we examine the costs and health co-benefits, in monetary terms, ... -
A Novel Genetic Score Approach Using Instruments to Investigate Interactions between Pathways and Environment: Application to Air Pollution
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Air pollution has been associated with increased systemic inflammation markers. We developed a new pathway analysis approach to investigate whether gene variants within relevant pathways (oxidative stress, endothelial ... -
Satellite Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Armed-Conflict in Rakhine, Myanmar
(Elsevier BV, 2021-08)The impacts of armed conflict on the environment are extremely complex and difficult to investigate, given the impossibility of accessing the affected area and reliable data limitation. Very-high-resolution satellite ... -
Vertical Profiling of Fine Particulate Matter and Black Carbon by Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Macau, China
(Elsevier BV, 2020-03)An unmanned aerial vehicle 1 (UAV) equipped with miniature monitors was used to study the vertical profiles of PM2.5 (particulate matter [PM] with a ≤2.5-μm diameter) and black carbon (BC) in Macau, China, from the surface ...