Xiaoxing Zuo

Southern University of Science and Technology | SUSTech · School of Environmental Science and Engineering

Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) have a significant impact on air quality in urban areas. Detecting NMVOCs emission with its proxy HCHO on urban scales from space, however, has been limited by the lack of discernible enhancement. Here we show clear urban HCHO plumes from 11 cities over the globe by rotating TROPOspheric Monitoring In...

The applications of geostationary (GEO) satellite measurements at an unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution from the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) for monitoring and forecasting the alarming ozone pollution in Asia through data assimilation remain at the early stage. Here we investigate the benefit of multiple ozon...

Emissions of air pollutants and their precursors in urban air closely relate to urbanization involving economic development, population growth, and industrialization. Here we use formaldehyde (HCHO) columns from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), night‐time light (NTL) radiance from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, and...

China is the world's largest consumer of pork and grains. However, African swine fever (ASF) and the COVID-19 outbreak have greatly impacted the pork supply and food security in China. How can food security and the pork supply be ensured under the dual impacts of COVID-19 and ASF? This is a major problem to be urgently solved by the Chinese governm...

The Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) is the world's first air quality instrument in the geostationary (GEO) orbit to monitor trace gases and aerosols at an unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution over East Asia, shedding light on the gradually alarming ozone pollution contrary to declining precursor emissions in this...

In the background of global warming, the carbon stock of afforestation is increasingly important. However, afforestation may consume large amounts of water, putting pressure on regional water resources. How to balance the carbon stock and water consumption of afforestation is a vital problem throughout the world. The Three-North Shelterbelt may be...

The COVID-19 outbreak suddenly broke out globally in 2020. Pressure from the blockade and ban on food exports are starting to affect agricultural supply chains, it has led to a rapid rise in global food prices. As many grain exporting countries announced a ban on grain exports, food security issues in China have attracted great international attent...