Record of past media coverage of Aakash project.
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2025.2. 【Introduced in Media】
High PM2.5 Levels in Delhi-NCR Largely Independent of Punjab-Haryana Crop Fires – An Analysis of Observations Across a Network of 30 Sites
～Weak coupling of observed surface PM2.5 in Delhi-NCR with rice crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana～
【Sci Dev Net】【nature india】【Deccan Herald】【Tribune India】【The New Indian Express】【NDTV】【Zeen News】【MSN】【Hindustan Times】【Health Dialogues】【Business Stanard】【Altmetric】【The South Asian Times】【new Kerala.com】【Education Post】
International collaborative research led by Aakash Project* researchers at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) show an unequivocal contribution of crop residue burning (CRB) to air pollution in the rural/semi-urban regions of Punjab and Haryana, and a relatively lower contribution than previously thought to the Delhi national capital region (NCR). We have installed 30 units of compact and useful PM2.5** in situ instrument with gas sensors (CUPI-Gs) and have continuously recorded air pollutants in 2022 and 2023. New analytical methods have been developed to assess and predict the formation and transport of air pollutants due to emissions from CRB.
https://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/news/detail/547/
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Poonam Mangaraj, Yutaka Matsumi, Tomoki Nakayama, Akash Biswal, Kazuyo Yamaji, Hikaru Araki, Natsuko Yasutomi, Masayuki Takigawa, Prabir K. Patra, Sachiko Hayashida, Akanksha Sharma, A. P. Dimri, Surendra K. Dhaka, Manpreet S. Bhatti, Mizuo Kajino, Sahil Mor, Ravindra Khaiwal, Sanjeev Bhardwaj, Vimal J. Vazhathara, Ravi K. Kunchala, Tuhin K. Mandal, Prakhar Misra, Tanbir Singh, Kamal Vatta & Suman Mor
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
8, Article number: 18 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-00901-8
2023.10.2-23 【Introduced in Media】
Dense measurement network revealed high level of PM2.5 in Punjab due to crop residue burning and its transport to Haryana and Delhi NCR
Very high particulate pollution over northwest India captured by a high-density in situ sensor network
【MIRAGE】【PHYS.ORG】【ScienceDaily】【NEWSLEAFLETS】
【WN.com】【skynews】【日本経済新聞】【環境展望台】【NEWSCLICK(Hindi)】
A group of international collaborators led by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) team performed the first quantitative study of air pollution in the north-western India region using 29 low-cost and reliable instruments, demonstrating the advantages of source region observations to link crop residue burning (CRB) and air pollution at local to regional scales.
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Tanbir Singh, Yutaka Matsumi, Tomoki Nakayama, Sachiko Hayashida, Prabir K. Patra, Natsuko Yasutomi, Mizuo Kajino, Kazuyo Yamaji, Pradeep Khatri, Masayuki Takigawa, Hikaru Araki, Yuki Kurogi, Makoto Kuji, Kanako Muramatsu, Ryoichi Imasu, Anamika Ananda, Ardhi A. Arbain, Ravindra Khaiwal, Sanjeev Bhardwaj, Sahil Kumar, Sahil Mor, Surendra K. Dhaka, A. P. Dimri, Aka Sharma, Narendra Singh, Manpreet S. Bhatti, Rekha Yadav, Kamal Vatta, Suman Mor
Scientific Reports, Volume 13, Article number: 13201 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39471-1, Aug 14, 2023
2021.6.18-23 【Introduced in Media】
Separating natural and man-made pollutants in the air
【EurekAlert!】【4state news】【Agenparl】【Fripboard】
【eurasia review】【AzoCleantech】
A new study by researchers at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan, uses satellite data and mathematical modeling to explain just how great the lockdown effect on nitrogen oxides has been in Delhi, India, one of the world’s most polluted cities, and its surrounding area.
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Prakhar Misra, Masayuki Takigawa, Pradeep Khatri, Surendra K. Dhaka, A. P. Dimri, Kazuyo Yamaji, Mizuo Kajino, Wataru Takeuchi, Ryoichi Imasu, Kaho Nitta, Prabir K. Patra & Sachiko Hayashida,
Nitrogen oxides concentration and emission change detection during COVID-19 restrictions in North India, Scientific Report, 11, Article number: 9800,
https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2, 2021/5
2020.12.31 【The Tribune India】
GNDU to install portable ambient air quality sensor
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) elaborated upon the several initiatives it has undertaken in order to make the campus environment friendly and improve the air quality in and around it. In a webinar attended by distinguished scientist from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Prof J Srinivasan, VC Prof Jaspal Sandhu, informed that university would soon install portable ambient air quality sensor (PM2.5) as part of collaboration with Research Institute of Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Kyoto Japan.
2020.12.14 【The Times of India】
Study tries to assess brick kilns’ impact on air
Sachicko Hayashida of RIHN from Japan’s Kyoto and at least 20 other scientists from various institutes in Japan and India are now trying to pinpoint their distribution in the national capital region and role in Delhi’s air pollution. Hayashida is the principal investigator of the study.
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Prakhar Misra, Ryoichi Imasu, Sachiko Hayashida, Ardhi Adhary Arbain, Ram Avtar, Wataru Takeuchi, Mapping Brick Kilns to Support Environmental Impact Studies around Delhi Using Sentinel-2, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf., 9(9), 544, 2020,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9090544, 2020/09
2020.10.20 【THE FEDERAL】
Lockdown slashed air pollution. Can we sustain the gains?
