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Aerial view of Thilafushi island with a trash burning plume visible

| Duke Engineering

Eyes in the Skies Confirm the End of Trash Burning in the Maldives

A new AI approach needs only a small amount of visual data to identify and track plumes of smoke in satellite imagery

Bass fellows

| Duke Today

Bergin, one of six new Bass Fellows Honored for Excellence in Research and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

Bergin, one of six new Bass Fellows Honored for Excellence in Research and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

Satellite images of pollution hotspots

| Duke Engineering News

AI Pinpoints Local Pollution Hotspots Using Satellite Images

AI Pinpoints Local Pollution Hotspots Using Satellite Images

Three students sit on a tiled rooftop working on electronics

| Duke Engineering News

Building Air Quality Infrastructure in South Asia

Environmental engineers at Duke University have received a three-year, $2 million grant from the United States Department of State to create air quality sensor networks and research programs in several countries throughout South Asia. The project’s goal is to improve air quality and human health…

Spotting air pollution with satellites

| Science Daly

Spotting air pollution with satellites, better than ever before

Researchers from Duke University have devised a method for estimating the air quality over a small patch of land using nothing but satellite imagery and weather conditions. Such information could help researchers identify hidden hotspots of dangerous pollution, greatly improve studies of…

scatter plot

| Duke Online

Bedroom Air Filters Help Asthmatic Children Breathe Easier

Using a bedroom air filter that traps fine particles of pollution with diameters smaller than 2.5 micrometers can significantly improve breathing in asthmatic children, a new study by American and Chinese scientists shows.

Duke students examin air and water samples

| Duke Today

Pratt Undergrads Learn Field Work Methods by Examining Air and Water in China

See what Duke undergraduates have to say about their experience monitoring air and water quality in Kunshan, China. The spring 2019 research trip was part of the civil and environmental engineering course, International Applications of Environmental Field Methods, taught by Professor Mike Bergin…

| Duke Rate of Change Podcast

Air Quality, Quick and Dirty

Air pollution degrades everything from cultural heritage sites like the Taj Mahal, to solar energy production. Duke civil and environmental engineering professor Mike Bergin is trying to fill in some of the knowledge gaps about what the pollution is and where it comes from, to better manage its…

Srinjoy Chowdhury and Mike Bergin

| Times Now News

Duke University Professor Suggests Measures for Pollution Control in Delhi

The National Capital, Delhi continues to gasp for clean air, as the air quality remains in poor. Srinjoy Chowdhury caught up with Dr, Michael H. Bergin from Duke University who researched on the influence of air pollution of climate change and human health. Listen in!

smog

| Duke Global

Air Quality Solutions Will Require Changes in Who Can Access Data

Air Quality Solutions Will Require Changes in Who Can Access Data

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An Undergraduate Hands-on Research Experience in Bolivia

Bolivia is a beautiful country, that suffers from both poor air and water quality in many regions. As part of an undergraduate course Mike and graduate students Heidi Vreeland and Laura Rogers took several undergraduate students from Duke to Bolivia to measure key components of air and water…

Taj Mahal

| Duke Research Blog

Research, New Polices Protect 'The Lungs of India'

Reprinted from the Duke Research BlogBy Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. Candidate in BiologyYou can’t see into the lungs of the people of Agra, India, home of the Taj Mahal. But just a glance at what should be pristine white marble domes of the local landmark shows that air quality is a major concern. The…

| Duke Engineering News

Michael Bergin: Studying Tiny Particles with a Giant Global Impact

How do pollution and particulate matter affect the global environment and human health?An expert on aerosols, Mike Bergin studies the environmental and human health effects of natural and manmade microscopic particles floating all around the Earth’s atmosphere. Ranging in size from a few...