This study investigated the role of present vegetation in improving air quality in Bucharest (Romania) by analyzing six years of air quality data (PM and NO) from multiple monitoring stations. The target value for human health protection is regularly exceeded for PM and not for NO over time. Road traffic has substantially contributed (over 70%) to ambient PM and NO levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA mobile monitoring campaign was conducted (by bicycle) to assess the black carbon (BC) concentrations in Cluj-Napoca city, Romania, in 2020, before, during and after COVID-19 lock-down. Over the entire study period, the BC concentrations ranged between 1.0 and 25.
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