School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan 6134937333, Iran.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 20;19(16):10388. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610388.
The depletion of air quality is a major problem that is faced around the globe. In Australia, the pollutants emitted by bushfires play an important role in making the air polluted. These pollutants in the air result in many adverse impacts on the environment. This paper analysed the air pollution from the bushfires from November 2019 to July 2020 and identified how it affects the human respiratory system. The bush fires burnt over 13 million hectares, destroying over 2400 buildings. While these immediate effects were devastating, the long-term effects were just as devastating, with air pollution causing thousands of people to be admitted to hospitals and emergency departments because of respiratory complications. The pollutant that caused most of the health effects throughout Australia was Particulate Matter (PM) PM and PM. Data collection and analysis were covered in this paper to illustrate where and when PM and PM and other pollutants were at their most concerning levels. Susceptible areas were identified by analysing environmental factors such as temperature and wind speed. The study identified how these pollutants in the air vary from region to region in the same time interval. This study also focused on how these pollutant distributions vary according to the temperature, which helps to determine the relationship between the heatwave and air quality. A computational model for PM aerosol transport to the realistic airways was also developed to understand the bushfire exhaust aerosol transport and deposition in airways. This study would improve the knowledge of the heat wave and bushfire meteorology and corresponding respiratory health impacts.
空气质量下降是一个全球性的重大问题。在澳大利亚,丛林大火排放的污染物对空气污染起着重要作用。这些空气中的污染物对环境造成了许多不利影响。本文分析了 2019 年 11 月至 2020 年 7 月丛林大火产生的空气污染,并确定了它如何影响人类的呼吸系统。丛林大火烧毁了超过 1300 万公顷土地,摧毁了 2400 多座建筑物。虽然这些直接影响是毁灭性的,但长期影响同样具有破坏性,空气污染导致数千人因呼吸并发症而住院和到急诊部门就诊。在澳大利亚,造成大多数健康影响的污染物是颗粒物 (PM) 和细颗粒物 (PM)。本文涵盖了数据收集和分析,以说明 PM 和 PM 以及其他污染物在何时何地达到了最令人担忧的水平。通过分析温度和风速等环境因素,确定了易感区域。研究确定了在同一时间间隔内,空气中的这些污染物在不同地区的变化情况。本研究还重点关注了这些污染物分布如何根据温度而变化,这有助于确定热浪和空气质量之间的关系。还开发了一个用于 PM 气溶胶输送到实际气道的计算模型,以了解丛林火灾废气气溶胶在气道中的输送和沉积。这项研究将提高对热浪和丛林火灾气象学以及相应的呼吸健康影响的认识。
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