Climate change has the potential to significantly affect human exposure to pollutants in indoor environments. This includes: i) increased use of air conditioning in both residential and commercial buildings, reducing air exchange rates and increasing concentrations of pollutants with indoor sources; ii) increased emission rates of organics from furnishings and building materials due to elevated temperatures; iii) increased occurrence of indoor ozone-initiated chemistry due to rising outdoor ozone concentrations; iv) increased chemistry due to increased reaction rates at higher temperatures; and v) more time spent indoors due to less hospitable outdoor conditions. It is these and other connections with human exposure to pollutants that form the nexus between Weschler’s research and climate change.
Publications:
*Abba, J.P.D.; Morrison, G.C.; Grassian, V.H.; Shiraiwa, M.; Weschler, C.J.; Ziemann, P.J., How should we define an indoor surface? Indoor Air, 32, e12955, 2022.hps://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12955
*Nazaroff, W.W. and Weschler, C.J. Indoor acids and bases. Indoor Air, 30, 559-644, 2020. hps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ina.12670
*Yao M., Weschler* C.J., Zhao B., Zhang L., Ma R. Breathing-rate adjusted population exposure to ozone and its oxidation products in 333 cities in China. Environment International, 138, 105617, 2020.hps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arcle/pii/S0160412019339388
Yang, S, Licina, D, Weschler, CJ, Wang, N, Zannoni, N, Li, M, Vanhanen, J, Langer, S, Wargocki, P, Williams, J et al.. Ozone Initiates Human-Derived Emission of Nanocluster Aerosols. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55 (21):14536-14545. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03379. PubMed PMID:34672572
Nazaroff, WW, Weschler, CJ. Indoor ozone: Concentrations and influencing factors. Indoor Air. 2021; :. doi: 10.1111/ina.12942. PubMed PMID:34609012
Zannoni, N, Li, M, Wang, N, Ernle, L, Bekö, G, Wargocki, P, Langer, S, Weschler, CJ, Morrison, G, Williams, J et al.. Effect of Ozone, Clothing, Temperature, and Humidity on the Total OH Reactivity Emitted from Humans. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55 (20):13614-13624. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01831. PubMed PMID:34591444 PubMed Central PMC8529706
Liu, Y, Misztal, PK, Arata, C, Weschler, CJ, Nazaroff, WW, Goldstein, AH. Observing ozone chemistry in an occupied residence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118 (6):. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018140118. PubMed PMID:33526680 PubMed Central PMC8017968
Eichler, CMA, Hubal, EAC, Xu, Y, Cao, J, Bi, C, Weschler, CJ, Salthammer, T, Morrison, GC, Koivisto, AJ, Zhang, Y et al.. Assessing Human Exposure to SVOCs in Materials, Products, and Articles: A Modular Mechanistic Framework. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55 (1):25-43. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02329. PubMed PMID:33319994 PubMed Central PMC7877794
Wang, N, Zannoni, N, Ernle, L, Bekö, G, Wargocki, P, Li, M, Weschler, CJ, Williams, J. Total OH Reactivity of Emissions from Humans: In Situ Measurement and Budget Analysis. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55 (1):149-159. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04206. PubMed PMID:33295177 PubMed Central PMC7788569
Goldstein, AH, Nazaroff, WW, Weschler, CJ, Williams, J. How Do Indoor Environments Affect Air Pollution Exposure?. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55 (1):100-108. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05727. PubMed PMID:33284612
Eftekhari, A, Frederiksen, H, Andersson, AM, Weschler, CJ, Morrison, G. Predicting Transdermal Uptake of Phthalates and a Paraben from Cosmetic Cream Using the Measured Fugacity. Environ Sci Technol. 2020;54 (12):7471-7484. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01503. PubMed PMID:32432857
Bekö, G, Wargocki, P, Wang, N, Li, M, Weschler, CJ, Morrison, G, Langer, S, Ernle, L, Licina, D, Yang, S et al.. The Indoor Chemical Human Emissions and Reactivity (ICHEAR) project: Overview of experimental methodology and preliminary results. Indoor Air. 2020;30 (6):1213-1228. doi: 10.1111/ina.12687. PubMed PMID:32424858
Li, M, Weschler, CJ, Bekö, G, Wargocki, P, Lucic, G, Williams, J. Human Ammonia Emission Rates under Various Indoor Environmental Conditions. Environ Sci Technol. 2020;54 (9):5419-5428. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00094. PubMed PMID:32233434
