{"id":129389,"date":"2024-04-03T07:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/study-highlights-air-quality-risks-from-open-waste-burning-in-arctic-communities\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:59:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:59:26","slug":"study-highlights-air-quality-risks-from-open-waste-burning-in-arctic-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/study-highlights-air-quality-risks-from-open-waste-burning-in-arctic-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Highlights Air Quality Risks from Open Waste Burning in Arctic Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129389\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Researchers from Hokkaido University recently conducted a case study that confirms the detrimental effects of open waste burning on air quality in Northwestern Greenland. The results were published by the Atmospheric Science Letters, laying out the need for comprehensive and sustainable air quality monitoring in Arctic regions to protect public health.<\/p>\n<p>Research was centered around Qaanaaq, a small village in Northwestern Greenland home to roughly 600 residents. The first measurement of particulate matter (PM2.5) was conducted in the summer of 2022, which revealed an increase in PM2.5 pollution. The research team collected continuous PM2.5 data from July 20 to August 13, 2022, by using commercially available advanced PM2.5 measurement systems for cold regions. The team found multiple instances of increased PM2.5 with noticeable results found from August 8. Increases in PM2.5 levels came from local open waste burning activities from the Qaanaaq dump site.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers did note that pollutants from other outside sources beyond the study area could have also contributed to results during the early stages of the study. However, further analysis indicated those pollutant contributions were minimal. This further highlighted the undeniable impacts of local pollution sources affecting the air quality in Qaanaaq. Further analysis based on the NOAA HYSPLIT online dispersion simulations suggests that particulate matter depositions from the open waste burning reached nearby seas areas, such as Baffin Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waste360.com\/emissions\/study-highlights-air-quality-risks-from-open-waste-burning-in-arctic-communities\">Waste360<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/2-502\/\">Study Highlights Air Quality Risks from Open Waste Burning in Arctic Communities<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[5721,1682,575,6630],"class_list":["post-129389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-quality","tag-arctic","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-waste-burning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}