An expert in thermochemistry, Benson made fundamental contributions to the study of complex chemical processes including air pollution, the ozone layer, combustion and explosions, the university said.
In the boundary layer, air pollution standards are exceeded throughout the region, caused by West and East European pollution from the north.
He said climate change should be taught alongside the history of – successful – past attempts to curb chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), which is blamed for the depletion of the ozone layer, and air pollution caused by coal fires and cars.
The study backs UN research that suggests a layer of air pollution, the "brown cloud", regularly covers the upper atmosphere over Asia between January and March and could precipitate an environmental disaster that could affect billions of people.
Atmospheric brown cloud, a layer of air pollution containing aerosols such as soot or dust that absorb as well as scatter incoming solar radiation, leading to regional and global climatic effects and posing risks to human health and food security.
It was observed by three dimensional aerosol assimilation models during Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) a layer of air pollution covers north Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan and parts of south Asia, south East Asia and China.
We used census data, remote sensing data, and air pollution monitoring stations to generate raster layers at five grain sizes and five nested extents.
Global warming, air pollution and destruction of the ozone layer threaten human health.
Dubbed the 'air-pocalypse', hazardous smog left air pollution left cities enveloped in a thick layer of smog.
The study showed a link between higher concentrations of particulate air pollution and faster thickening of the inner two layers of the carotid artery, as well as a link between slowed progression of atherosclerosis with decreasing air pollution.
