Work by SEI York

Journal article / An understanding of factors that contribute to older people’s vulnerability and resilience can strengthen government to minimise climate impacts on this group

3 March 2017 / About Adaptation

How can Estonia’s transport and housing sectors contribute to cleaner air and a safer climate?

Feature / SEI researchers in Tallinn, York and the U.S. are exploring measures to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in Estonia using a new calculator.

22 February 2017 / About Cities, Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Millions of premature births could be linked to air pollution, study finds

Media coverage

17 February 2017 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Air pollution linked to 2.7 million premature births a year – scientists

Media coverage

17 February 2017 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Pollution caused over one million premature births in India: Study

Media coverage

17 February 2017 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment

Journal article / This article presents the first global assessment of the association between preterm births and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution.

15 February 2017 / About Household energy and Pollution

Study links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year

Feature / Results suggest that addressing major sources of fine particulate matter from diesel vehicles, to agricultural waste-burning, could save babies’ lives.

15 February 2017 / About Cities, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Older People’s Experiences of Mobility and Mood in an Urban Environment: A Mixed Methods Approach Using Electroencephalography (EEG) and Interviews

Journal article

13 February 2017 / About Cities and Wellbeing

SEI ranked as world’s most influential environment policy think tank

Feature / SEI is rated as the world’s most influential think tank on environmental policy issues in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 Global Go To Think Tanks Index.

26 January 2017

Recruiting and retaining participants in citizen science: what can be learned from the volunteering literature?

Journal article / Read a review of the literature on why people start and continue participating in citizen science projects and learn how to run successful projects.

16 January 2017 / About Participation

Metals from mining and metallurgical industries and their toxicological impacts on plants

Other publication

9 January 2017 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Pollution

Responses of human health and vegetation exposure metrics to changes in ozone concentration distributions in the European Union, United States, and China

Journal article

3 January 2017 / About Pollution