Biomonitoring Air Pollution for a Healthier Planet
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Pollution Control".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 January 2026 | Viewed by 5
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Interests: biomonitoring; trace elements; pollen; applied botany
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Interests: different aspects of environmental geochemistry; ranging from hydrogeochemistry to air; water and soil pollution in volcanic; mining and anthropic areas
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Attention to the environment and its problems has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. This is mainly due to a reinterpretation of the relationship between man and the environment, which has favored a changed attitude toward environmental problems and opened new opportunities for scientific reflection.
Among the Earth's four environmental spheres—the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere—the atmosphere, a critical component of our environment, plays a central role in regulating air quality, climate, and ecosystem health. Understanding atmospheric processes—including the emission, transport, transformation, and deposition of pollutants—is essential for addressing air pollution and its impacts on living organisms.
Biomonitoring, using living organisms to observe changes in environmental conditions, offers an effective method for detecting air pollutants and assessing their impacts on ecosystems and human health. Biomonitoring is a good tool for early detection of air pollution and plays a vital role in sustainable environmental management, with an emphasis on air pollution and its interactions with the biosphere. Some key areas of study within environment and biomonitoring include the following:
- Air Pollution Monitoring: Using bioindicators like lichens and mosses to assess air quality and detect pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, ozone, and heavy metals.
- Atmospheric Deposition and Environmental Toxicology: Studying the effects of atmospheric pollutants on living organisms, with a focus on toxicity levels and ecological risks linked to atmospheric deposition.
- Integrating Biomonitoring with Atmospheric Modeling and Remote Sensing: Combining ground-based biological measurements with satellite data and atmospheric transport models to validate pollutant dispersion and improve source attribution.
By advancing our understanding of atmospheric pollution through biomonitoring, this Special Issue aims to contribute to healthier ecosystems and more effective pollution mitigation strategies.
Dr. Maria Grazia Alaimo
Dr. Daniela Varrica
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomonitoring
- ecosystem health
- air pollution
- environmental toxicology
- atmospheric deposition
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