Expand air quality monitoring of smoke emissions and exposure in Amazonia to safeguard human health
Climate changes and deforestation have made the Amazon hotter, drier, and more flammable, threatening human health as large wildfires generate unprecedented levels of smoke in rural and urban areas alike. This scenario underscores the urgent need to expand air quality monitoring efforts in the Amazon to better understand and mitigate the effects of smoke from fires on human health across South America.
Authors
- Filipe Viegas de Arruda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-4047)
- Climene Laura de Camargo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-3916)
- Adriano M. Alencar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-2698)
- Márton Horváth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9503-4128)
- Eduardo Q. Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-0965)
- Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-2036)
- Douglas C. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-1124)
- A. Melo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-8602)
- Hernani F. M. Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-8317)
- Sílvia Fernanda Mardegan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3057-8973)
- Elisia Clara Menezes Araujo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-4624)
- Viviane Vanessa Vilhena Amanajás
- Márcia N. Macedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8102-5901)
- Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira De Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-3723)
- M. A. Maia
Institutions
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- Woodwell Climate Research Center (US)
- Universidade Federal do Acre (BR)
- Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (BR)
- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (BR)
- Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (BR)
- Secretaria do Meio Ambiente (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Amapá (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde (BR)
- Universidade Estadual do Amapá (BR)
- Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Amazonas (BR)
- Columbia University (US)
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Environment
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-025-00340-5
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00