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Population and climate change are the biggest pressures on air quality
2016 Key Finding2016 The population of Australia’s major cities will continue to grow, meaning that human activity, and consequent power and transport requirements, will increase. This will increase air pollution. Climate change also plays a role in air pollution. The increasing prevalence of extreme...
Commercial and other domestic sources
2016 Report Content... airshed quality. Domestic sources, for example, can affect photochemical smog by releasing VOCs. ...
Pollution types
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality Pressures Pollutants occur as gases (e.g. carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, VOCs such as benzene and formaldehyde) and PM. In air pollution, PM refers to solid and...
Pressures affecting Australia’s air quality 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceAustralian ambient air quality is mostly affected by increasing human activity and climate change. The population of Australia’s major cities continues to increase, with both increasing urban density and expanding boundaries. The corresponding increase in emissions from transport...
Risks to Australia’s air quality 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceDuring the past 50 years or so since the first clean air Acts were introduced in Australian jurisdictions, state and territory environment protection agencies (often working together with local government) have successfully employed regulatory and nonregulatory measures to greatly...
National air quality standards
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends The NEPC established national ambient air quality standards in 1998 as part of the National Environment Protection Measure for Ambient Air Quality (Air NEPM). The Air NEPM sets...
Climate change
2016 Report Content... in the formation of ozone and other components of photochemical smog. The latter phenomenon is driven by ...
Pressures affecting ambient air quality
2016, 2011 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality Pressures Prescribed burning and bushfiresIncreasing populationNonregulated diesel engines, including shipping and nonroad transportCommercial and other domestic sourcesDomestic wood heatersIndustryMotor...
Pressures on the marine environment
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment Pressures Antarctica The water chemistry of the Southern Ocean appears to be changing at a faster rate than previously estimated, particularly in the deep ocean...
Air toxics
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends North East Coast South Western Plateau Tasmania Greater Brisbane Greater...
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
2016 Report Content2016 Ambient air quality State and trends Greater Brisbane Greater Darwin Greater Hobart Greater Adelaide Australian...
The physical environment: The atmosphere—climate and weather patterns
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage, the...
The physical environment: The Southern Ocean
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean is changing in ways that are likely to affect regional and global climate, and marine productivity (...
Box ATM11 Characterising fine particle pollution in the upper Hunter Valley
2016 Case Study... nitrate 6 ± 1% 3 ± 2% Secondary particles formed by photochemical reactions in the atmosphere with nitrate ...
The physical environment: The cryosphere
2016 Report Content2016 Antarctic environment State and trends Antarctica The physical environment includes both the nonliving factors that characterise an ecosystem (e.g. weather patterns, ice coverage, the...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report Content2011 Ambient air quality State and trends Ambient air quality and health Although air pollution can harm vegetation, erode the facades of historic stone buildings and limit visibility, the main focus of public concern...
Pressures affecting stratospheric ozone, ambient air quality and indoor air quality
2011 Assessment summaryAmbient air quality Pressures Indoor air quality Year...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report Content2011 Ambient air quality Risks Industrial point sources If not effectively controlled, emissions from industry can place health and amenity at risk, not only at the neighbourhood level, but more generally at the...
Ambient air quality
2011 Report Content2011 Ambient air quality Pressures Tasmania Greater Hobart Australian Capital Territory Greater Melbourne Greater...
3 Atmosphere | References
2011 Report Content... of ozone depletion and interactions with climate change. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2011;10:199–225. ... of stratospheric ozone and interactions with climate. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2011;10:280–91. ... interactions with climate change: progress report, 2008. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2009;8(1):13–22. ...
7 Antarctic environment | References
2011 Report Content... mechanisms, and interactions with climate change. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2011;10:226-41. ...
