Naama Lang-Yona

TL;DR: A review of the state of bioaerosol research, highlights recent advances, and outlines future perspectives in terms of identification, characterization, transport and transformation processes, as well as their interactions with climate, health, and ecosystems, focusing on the role bio-aerosols play in the Earth system.

TL;DR: An overview of physical, chemical and biological interactions between air pollution, climate change, allergens, adjuvants and the immune system, addressing how these interactions may promote the development of allergies is provided.

TL;DR: Analysis of fungal communities associated with the PM10 mass of Rehovot, Israel outdoor air samples collected in the spring and fall seasons demonstrated that fungal diversity was higher in theSpring compared to the fall, and principal coordinate analysis showed distinct seasonal differences in taxa distribution.

TL;DR: In this article, chemical biomarkers for analyzing fungi-containing aerosols in the eastern Mediterranean region during the year 2009 were used in order to quantify annual fungal abundances, and the prime marker for fungi used in this study was ergosterol, and its concentrations were compared with those of mannitol and arabitol which were recently suggested to also correlate with fungal spores concentrations.

TL;DR: The retrieved extinction remains very stable for long measurement times (1 h) with an order of magnitude change in aerosol number concentration, making it a good candidate for field aerosol optical properties studies.