New model predicts how ground shipping will affect future human health, environment
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 13:20
in Earth & Climate
The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States emit gases and particles that threaten human health and the environment. A University of Illinois-led project developed a new model that predicts through 2050 the impact of different environmental policies on human mortality rates and short- and long-term climate change caused by particulate and greenhouse gas emissions.