空气中心 and Aquatic Resources Engineering and 科学(caar)

Addressing Complex Environmental Challenges

空气与水资源工程与科学中心(CAARES)旨在为空气和水的质量管理提供更好、更完整的科学依据. We strive to understand the sources, transport and chemistry that give rise to exposure to pollutants, 它们对健康和福利的潜在影响以及减少或消除这些影响的方法.

CAARES brings together world-class expertise, focusing on air and water sensing, 抽样, physical and chemical analysis, 命运和输运模型以及计算流体动力学在空气和水污染问题中的应用.

除了, we are developing new monitoring, 建模, 测量和流量管理工具可以为州和联邦监管机构提供关键信息，有助于改善环境质量.

最近的研究

空气污染

大气中污染物的存在会产生各种各样的不利影响, 包括:

• Increased mortality and morbidity in the public.
• Deterioration of buildings and monuments.
• Acidification of lakes and rivers.
• Forest and crop damage.

呆在室内无法避免大气污染物对健康的不利影响, since ambient air is transported indoors along with its pollutants, and indoor sources can add to the problem. Although we have substantially improved ambient air quality over the past 30 years, a number of problems attributed to air pollution remain. 最近的研究发现，颗粒浓度的变化与死亡率增加之间存在很强的相关性. Additionally, there has been a sharp rise in childhood asthma.

Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program

这个程序, a revision of a program started in the 1970s, monitors fish contaminants in the Great Lakes. We have simplified the 抽样, 并进一步强调识别可能对五大湖构成威胁的新出现的污染物.

Clarkson has operated this program since 2005. 我们通过开发有效的样品处理和分析程序，使遗留污染物测量现代化. Improvements include:

• Lowering detection limits.
• Adding additional chemicals to the analyte list.
• Scanning for and identifying emerging contaminants.
• Including the routine analyses of fish eggs.

我们通过与其他联邦机构的实验室建立工作关系，加强了这个项目, states and countries.