Air pollution is a major public health concern

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2001 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 71 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps

• Impacts of carbonaceous aerosols from summer crop residue burning on air quality, radiation and meteorology over east China (2026) · Theoretical and Applied Climatology · doi

  Further studies are needed to investigate the indirect effects of CRB aerosols on climate and air quality. The development of strategies to mitigate the effects of CRB aerosols on the environment and human health is necessary. More research is needed to quantify the impacts of CRB aerosols on meteorology and air quality in other regions.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further studies needed investigate indirect effects crb aerosols
• Atmospheric Simulation Chambers in the ACTRIS Research Infrastructure (2026) · doi

  Future research should focus on developing new instruments and methods for measuring aerosol properties. Future research should focus on improving air quality models using the results of atmospheric simulation chambers. Future research should focus on developing new strategies for assessing air quality and its effects on human health and the environment.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research focus developing new instruments methods measuring
• Toward healthy air quality under CMIP6 scenarios: insights into the compliance with the new WHO guidelines in China (2026) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi

  Air pollution is a major public health concern with substantial adverse impacts on human health and the environment. The WHO air quality guidelines are not being met in many regions. There is a need for effective strategies to address air pollution.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: air pollution major public health concern substantial adverse
• Global fully coupled climate-aerosol CMA-CPSv4 – Part 1: Aerosol simulation performance (2026) · Geoscientific Model Development · doi

  The study identifies challenges in simulating aerosol concentrations, such as underestimation of dust concentrations over certain regions. The study also notes challenges in simulating extreme pollution events. The study identifies the need to improve the simulation of aerosol distributions and concentrations.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies challenges simulating aerosol concentrations underestimation dust
• Quantifying the Impact of Aerosols on Geostationary Satellite Infrared Radiance Simulations: A Study with Himawari-8 AHI (2024) · Remote Sensing · cited 11× · doi

  Further research is needed to investigate the radiative effects of other aerosol species. Studies should be conducted to evaluate the performance of the RTTOV model in different study areas and periods. Research should focus on improving the accuracy of aerosol representation in numerical weather prediction models.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further research needed investigate radiative effects other aerosol
• The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. (2001) · Environmental Health Perspectives · cited 60× · doi

  Research needs include basic atmospheric science work on the association between weather and air pollutants; improving air pollution models and their linkage with climate change scenarios; and closing gaps in the understanding of exposure patterns and health effects.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: needs include basic atmospheric science association weather pollutants improving pollution models linkage climate change scenarios

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