{"id":439254,"date":"2026-05-13T07:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439254\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:43:10","slug":"university-of-southampton-uses-tree-bark-to-trace-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/439254\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Southampton uses tree bark to trace air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The university says this knowledge could steer strategies to improve air quality and inform future studies to relate individual sources to impacts on health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Particulate matter can be breathed deep into the lungs, and the very smallest particles can even enter the bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Long-term exposure is associated with increased risk of a wide range of health conditions, including asthma, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and dementia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This dust comes from both man-made and natural sources, leaving behind a chemical fingerprint which can be used to work out where the pollution came from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Easton said: &#8220;Air pollution doesn&#8217;t affect every area in the same way, so it&#8217;s really important that we build a clearer picture of what&#8217;s happening in our local environments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;By looking at what&#8217;s captured in tree bark, we hope to uncover these hidden fingerprints to pinpoint sources of pollution and guide strategies to ultimately support healthier communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The university says this knowledge could steer strategies to improve air quality and inform future studies to relate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-439254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}