Dr Nat Easton

Two women sit at a table in a conference room. In the background there are green chairs with people sitting on them.

NEW: We’re delighted that our founder @jemimavivien.bsky.social & @nateaston.bsky.social's pitch to the @commonseac.parliament.uk for an #AirPollution inquiry has been accepted! Thanks for all the hard work from so many on this - a fantastic end to the year! committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Nat Easton wearing PhD robes

Nat Easton wearing PhD robes with daughter

Absolutely delighted to share these photos from my PhD graduation from @unisouthampton.bsky.social yesterday. I've had such a wonderful experience through from undergraduate, postgraduate and now staff 👩🏼‍🎓

🌿 Join us on Clean Air Day (18 June) for a free workshop on building strong Clean Air Champion Networks! Hosted by @hertscc, KNOWPH & NIHR.
📍 Stevenage | 🕙 10:00–15:30
🔗 Register: events.hertfordshire.gov.uk/events/creat...

End of #EGU25!

I've had such a great week, meeting lots of new people and presenting my research to an international audience.

Hopefully some follow-up conversations in the coming weeks!

Going back to the office next week will be a big change of pace filled with much more grey skies!

#EGU25 Day 4 over!

Lots of organics today ✅️

Even comfier shoes were required (and thankfully were packed) 😅

One more day to go then back home....how nice of the rare sunny British weather to leave again just as it's time to go home?

Nat Easton stood by her scientific poster on characterising shipping emissions

#EGU25 Day 3!

Transport emissions ✅️

Lots of really interesting discussion at my poster ✅️

Getting to know even more of the atmospheric chemistry community ✅️

Nat Easton eating a pretzel...

Day 2 of #EGU25

Source chemistry ✅️

Meeting other academic parents ✅️

"Low-cost" sensors

Pretzel ✅️

If anyone is interested in learning more about the composition and apportionment of UK shipping emissions and how far they spread - my poster is on show tomorrow afternoon in X5!

Day 1 of #EGU25 over!

Short course on Illustration for communication ✅️

Atmospheric science for health, equity and policy ✅️

Posters and lots, and lots of discussion with the atmospheric chemistry crew ✅️

Lesson of the day - wear more comfy shoes tomorrow!

Nat Easton (University of Southampton ) standing outside the Austria Centre where EGU is being held.

I made it to Vienna! Looking forward to a week full of science and especially meeting some more of you lovely atmospheric folk! #EGU25

Dr Nat Easton standing in front of audience, with two screens with the words saying "Early Career Researchers: Networking & Training"

Had an amazing day today at the @ukcleanair.bsky.social ECR Networking and Careers Event.

Of the many take home messages from the day, one really sticks out to me: most people do not have a straight forward path to where they currently are, for all sorts of reasons!

Join us next Wednesday at Imperial College London for an in-person careers and networking event specifically for air quality early career researchers! One spot left!

🔉 New conference alert!!! 🔉

While the UK atmospheric chemistry has always had a good showing at IGAC, EGU, AGU, etc., we've not had a dedicated domestic conference. That changes this year! Please spread the word.

Are you an Early Career Researcher interested in air quality who wants to know more about the careers available to you and build your network?

Registration is now open! The event is free and you can apply for our ECR bursary to support your attendance.

Hope to see you in April!

🚨 Calling current & future healthcare professionals! 🩺 Swansea University researchers want to hear your thoughts on how environmental factors like air pollution impact health & wellbeing. 💚 Take the survey here: swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Research #Health

Experimental analysis to quantify inactivation of microorganisms by Far-UVC irradiation in indoor environments. Far-UVC irradiation at a 222 nm wavelength is a promising technology for inactivating microorganisms in indoor environments to mitigate transmission o…

🧪Our new paper measuring the bio inactivation by Far UVC is out. We look at ventilation rate, two bacteria (S aureus, P aeruginosa) and some initial tests on distance www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

The built environment and population mental health: Sandpit event Join us for an interactive sandpit event exploring how the built environment shapes population mental health and inequalities.

🚨 ECRs! 🚨 Join a sandpit event at Uni of Manchester to explore how the built environment affects mental health & inequalities.

💡 Work with researchers, VCSEs & lived experience experts
💰 £1K–£10K seed funding available
📅 Apply by Tues 18th!
🔗 Info: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-b...

EV breaks produce emissions that are more toxic than diesel exhausts Researchers have found that electric cars might not be as green as they appear since their brakes produce emissions more toxic than diesel fumes.

.....and here's the piece by the Daily Mail:

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study Almost half of all copper in the air comes from brake wear.

Here is also the article James wrote for @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/car-brake-du...

Copper-enriched automotive brake wear particles perturb human alveolar cellular homeostasis - Particle and Fibre Toxicology Background Airborne fine particulate matter with diameter < 2.5 μm (PM2.5), can reach the alveolar regions of the lungs, and is associated with over 4 million premature deaths per year worldwide. Howe...

If you are interested it was published yesterday and can be found here!

particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated

Delighted to share this piece of work by our team from @unisouthampton.bsky.social led by Dr James Parkin!

Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Communicating Air Quality: Physical, Digital and Theoretical Advances Led by the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and funded by the British Academy/Wellcome Trust. The one-day event will bring together spe...

Join me at the 1st International Conference dedicated to exploring Air Quality Communications...

Speakers from across the world of air quality: artists and app-makers, academics and activists and attendees
will explore how the air is communicated in our world.

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18787...

Acute particulate matter exposure diminishes executive cognitive functioning after four hours regardless of inhalation pathway - Nature Communications It is unknown if the inhalation route (nasal or oral) of particulate matter (PM) air pollution affects cognition. Here the authors show PM exposure impaired selective attention and emotion recognition...

New research suggests that "short-term PM pollution affects cognitive function through lung-brain mechanisms, either directly or indirectly."

@ukcleanair.bsky.social

Interested in finding out what research we’re doing on indoor air quality? Our overview paper on ‘The INGENIOUS project: Towards understanding air pollution in homes’, led by @niccarslaw.bsky.social ‬has now been published in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

"We need much more awareness of the health effects of wood smoke in different organs of the body"

Dr Mark R. Miller, University of Edinburgh

Find out more about the impacts of wood burning on your health and the environment on the Clean Air Hub ⬇️ #CleanAirNight
http://buff.ly/3C683aO

Clean Air Night Did you know that lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particle air pollution in the UK? If you didn’t, you’re not alone! Wood burning harms our health and the environmen...

Today is Clean Air Night!

Learn more about how wood burning harms your health and the planet, then share what you learn with your family, friends and community to spark conversations for better air quality.

@globalactionplan.bsky.social

Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.

Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says

- Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Healthcare professionals & students: Share your views on how environmental factors (e.g., air pollution, green space) impact health. 🏥🌿 Complete a 10-min anonymous survey by a team of PhD students & contribute to important research!
tinyurl.com/ycxrfdkp

The Clean Air South network provides opportunity for partnerships across various sectors and authorities to address air pollution through a regional lens.

We have collaborated with the network to produce a report consolidating the barriers and potential improvements to air quality in the area.

A geographic map showing air quality domain scores (LSOA) in a region, with colour gradients representing score ranges from -1.6 to 1.2. Dark blue areas indicate the lowest scores, while red and orange areas show the highest scores. The map includes coastal areas and inland regions, with notable higher scores concentrated near urban zones like Southampton, Portsmouth, and Bournemouth. A legend in the bottom-left corner explains the colour scale, and a north arrow and scale bar are present for the orientation

Air pollution in the south of England could be driving health inequalities, according to a new report we’ve published as part of the Clean Air South Network.

Read more here: brnw.ch/21wPZyD

Final call for signups to the @ukcleanair.bsky.social media training sessions for air quality scientists!!