Contents
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Office Bearers
6Guest Editorial, Wendy Barron
Coming Soon: CSIRO Future Research Vessel
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Impressions of China
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Letters to the Editor
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World Clean Air Congress, South Africa
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Branch Reports
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Fellows and Accredited Professionals
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Future Conferences and Short Courses
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Book Review
Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon by Peter J. Cook
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Conference Report
3rd Sino-French Joint Workshop on Atmospheric Environment (SFJW2012)
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Conference Report
IGAC Open Science Conference, Beijing, China 17-21 September 2012
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Ecotech acquires Alstom
Working towards a cleaner and greener Australia
Warming causes more extreme shifts of the southern hemisphere’s largest rain band
Notice of adoption of air toxics hot spots program risk assessment guidelines
Airborne sulfur dioxide oxidant identified
Increased deaths from lung disease tied to more fires in southeast Asia during El Niño
Pine trees one of biggest contributors to air pollution
Southern Hemisphere becoming drier
SEACI taps into future water availability
Major changes needed to protect Australia’s species and ecosystems
MEPS OK law on cutting sulfur content in shipping fuels
Mineral can reduce pollution from diesel engines by almost half
Half of the particulate pollution in North America comes from other continents
NZ’s energy sector cuts emissions for third year in a row
Climate scientists put predictions to the test
New model could help predict historical air pollution exposure
Government’s announced changes to the ETS
Satellites show air pollution influences foetal development
U.S. underestimates costs of carbon pollution and climate change
Australia to join international climate coalition to protect human health
Businesses seek to block EU’s ban on harmful greenhouse gases
Smart traffic signals pilot results: pollution plunges, traffic clogs cleared
Environment: many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollutants
African policy makers seek to reduce pollution for clean air benefits
Australian shipping emissions identified
While pregnant, traffic pollution near home raises risk for preeclampsia
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Air Quality and Climate Change Volume 46 No. 4. November 2012
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Technical Articles
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P. C. Manins
AirWatch: Does it measure particles or what?
CSIRO’s contribution to the educational and community AirWatch program included a
‘filter soiling’ technique for measuring airborne particle concentrations. The results show
good agreement with the sophisticated measurements of elemental carbon.
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K. A. Brent and J. McGee
The regulation of geoengineering: A gathering storm for international climate change
policy?
Over the past decade geoengineering has steadily built momentum in academic and policy
circles as a potential response to the risk of rapid climate change. However, there are many
considerable risks associated with geoengineering, including damage to environmental
and social systems. An international agreement should be urgently established to regulate
decisions regarding the testing and use of geoengineering.
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National Geosequestration Laboratory
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A. G. Barnett
Air pollution trends in four Australian cities 1996–2011
This study examined the long-term trends in four air pollutants in Australia’s four largest
cities between 1996 and 2011. There were long-term improvements in carbon monoxide
and sulfur dioxide. Particulate matter levels (PM10) remained relatively constant. Ozone
levels increased in all four cities when including the influence of temperature, and levels
are predicted to increase further because of climate change.
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(inside back cover) Author Index 2012
Correction
In the article by Morrow and Dustan, Effects of atmospheric deposition, the
rainwater delivery system and in-tank processes on roof-harvested rainwater
quality, published in the August 2012 issue of Air Quality and Climate Change
(pp 22-27), the element concentration units listed for the bottom half of Tables
1, 2 and 3 were described incorrectly. These units should have read “ng L-1”
rather than “μg L-1”. The error occurred in proofreading.
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