People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which ...

2012). Anthropogenic sources of primary PM include industrial and combustion processes. The nature of industrial particles depends on the process, but combustion particles generally are dominated ...

Anthropogenic organic aerosols are carbon-containing particles emitted by humans into the air, which are classified as ...

PM2.5 is defined as fine particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter -- so small it can only be seen through an electron microscope -- but because it is so small bypasses filters in ...

Jodhpur has made a ground-breaking research which appeared in recent issue of Nature Communications journal, shedding light on the sources and composition of particulate matter (PM) in northern ...