Carolina Vagnoli

TL;DR: The use of UAVs in forestry will increase, possibly leading to a regular utilization for small-scale monitoring purposes in Europe when recent technologies (i.e. hyperspectral imagery and lidar) and methodological approaches will be consolidated.

TL;DR: This study confirmed the complex nature of atmospheric pollution even when a major emission source is clearly isolated and controlled, and the need for consistent decarbonisation efforts across all emission sectors to really improve air quality and public health.

TL;DR: A low-cost air quality station has been developed for real-time monitoring of main atmospheric pollutants, undergoing a laboratory calibration and later a field validation, which returned fine scores in most cases better than those achieved for similar systems in the literature.

TL;DR: The results suggested that fugitive emissions did not represent a serious danger, since the concentrations simulated at the neighboring cities were below the threshold limits for acute and chronic diseases, however, VOC plume could cause annoyance at night when the steady state conditions of the atmosphere enhance pollutants accumulation in the lower layers.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined the effect of social restrictions on local emissions of CO2 and found that, during the first lockdowns, urban CO2 emissions were cut with respect to the same period in previous years by 5% to 87% across the analysed districts, mainly as a result of limitations on mobility.