Monthly Archives: April 2022

New research shows that chemical reactivity, seasonality and distribution of airborne particulate matter are critical metrics when considering air pollution’s impact on human health. Current environmental regulations focus on the mass of pollutant particles, and researchers at the University of … Continue reading →

An Aerotropolis is a metropolitan subregion whose infrastructure, land use, and economy are centered on an airport.It fuses the terms “aero-” (aviation) and “metropolis”. Like the traditional metropolis made up of a central city core and its outlying commuter-linked suburbs, the aerotropolis consists of 1) the airport’s aeronautical, logistics, and commercial infrastructure forming a multimodal, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education:
SUMMARY The proper way of looking for causal relationships between time series data (e.g. between atmospheric CO2 and temperature) is discussed. While statistical analysis alone is unlikely to provide “proof” of causation, use…