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Millions of people depend on urban public transportation systems (1), which are critical to sustainable urban living. However, in public transportation vehicles and hubs worldwide, air quality remains unregulated (2), and air pollutant levels surpass those in the outdoor ambient air (3–7), threatening the health of commuters and transit workers.

Associate Professor of Planning Ladd Keith spent two weeks in northeastern India teaching faculty and students about planning for extreme heat and helping to develop curricula for two new courses.

The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy hosts the State of the College Employee Appreciation Event, which brings together faculty and staff from both campuses to celebrate and provide updates on departmental achievements, shared key announcements, and honored members of our community whose work reflects the college’s mission and strengthens its people, programs, and profession.

Climate-amplified wildfires have been studied to mobilize soil pollutants, as well as their other harmful features.

A modeling analysis suggests that legacy PFAS in marine fish have declined on a global scale

Dr. Ave Arellano Jr., a professor in the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, his research team, and three peer institutions have received a $4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research on how pollution and wildfire smoke are tracked, forecasted and communicated.

The negative health impacts from contamination by so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

Climate change poses a major threat to agricultural populations by driving up global temperatures and intensifying extreme heat events. Previous studies in the U.S. demonstrated that agricultural workers experience disproportionately high rates of heat-related illness, exhibiting a heat-related mortality rate nearly 20 times greater than that of other workers.