The concentration of surface ozone (O) in China increased consistently from 2015 to 2018, and became an important air pollutant, followed by particulate matter. This study uses real-time O and meteorological data, obtained in 337 cities in China during the warm seasons (April to September) of 2015 to 2018, to determine the spatial variation of surface O and its meteorological driving factors in major cities in China, via trend analysis, spatial autocorrelation, hotspot analysis, and multi-scale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) modeling. The results show that: ① during the warm season, O concentrations showed a significant growth trend (<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe presence of heavy metals in indoor dust is a world-wide concern owing to its negative impact on humans. In this study, we collected indoor dust samples from urban and rural residential areas during the heating season in Taiyuan City. We then identified the concentrations of 11 heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Pb, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, V, As, and Hg) using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.
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