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1. Environmental Science › Air Quality and Health Impacts

   Sensitivity of Air Pollution Exposure and Disease Burden to Emission Changes in China Using Machine Learning Emulation

   Conibear, Reddington, Silver et al. · GeoHealth · 2022

   Machine learning emulators of a chemical transport model were built to estimate how emission cuts in five sectors change PM2.5 and ozone exposure and deaths in China.

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   1. UncheckedMachine learning emulators reproduced 99.9% of the variance in annual-mean PM2.5 and ozone concentrations in China, as the paper reports.“The emulators predicted 99.9% of the variance in PM 2.5 and O 3 concentrations.”
   2. UncheckedIn China, PM2.5 exposure and its disease burden changed most with industrial and residential emissions among five sectors studied.“PM 2.5 exposure and the associated disease burden were most sensitive to industry and residential emissions.”
   3. UncheckedIn China, the national PM2.5 target of 35 μg per cubic metre could be met with sector cuts of 33% to 72%, largest for industry and smallest for power.“The National Air Quality Target (35 μg m −3 ) for PM 2.5 concentrations can be attained nationally with emission reductions of 72% in industrial, 57% in residential, 36% in land transport, 35% in agricultural, and 33% in power generation emissions.”