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26 June 2020

APCG shines in the 16th Recetox Summer School and SMURBS Training School!

The 16th Recetox Summer School and SMURBS Training School 2020, that took place during the 15-19 June 2020, ended with great success!

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16 June 2020

Earth Observation for Smart Cities' Energy Production and Solar Power Management

An interesting article from member of APCG Dr. Kosmopoulos, about the photovoltaic (PV) energy production from the rooftop solar plant of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and the impact of clouds and aerosols on the PV energy...

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08 June 2020

Τemporary breath of life in big cities due to lockdown

APCG research mentioned in greek newspaper article examining the decline in greenhouse gas emissions in association with climate change due to lockdown.

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07 June 2020

Earlier and longer "tropical days and nights" in Greece due to Climate Change

A recent research from the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development demonstrates how climate will be affecting our lives in the future.

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03 June 2020

The Covid19 pandemic sets the need for a new Sustainable Development model

The Head of APCG Dr Evangelos Gerasopoulos, talked about how the Covid19 pandemic sets the need for a new Sustainable Development model.

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02 June 2020

APCG outreach -on Covid-related air pollution- through Κόsμος magazine

APCG studies NO2 levels above Greece prior and during the Covid19 pandemic, retrieving Sentinel5P data. Interesting findings, consistent to previous reports, are published in Κόsμος.

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16 May 2020

Greece experiences very high UVI values from 16-18 May

Members of the APCG group in collaboration with PMOD/WRC (Switzerland) observed during the last days relatively low...

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04 May 2020

Estimates of population exposure at the air pollution levels in Athens: a collaborative work of APCG and researchers from the Helmholtz Center

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28 April 2020

Coverage of our press release by the media

Our 1st press release on air pollution levels in Athens during the COVID-19 pandemic gained the attraction of several ...

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15 April 2020

Our press release on air pollution levels in Athens during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: 3 weeks of "stay at home" and the effects on the levels of air pollution in Athens (APCG press release, 14 April, 2020)

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08 April 2020

Our Institute's contribution on climate change research, now at VICE Video

An interesting video on climate change and its effects on the environment and health has been created by VICE e-mag.

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31 March 2020

APCG members’ authors on new study showing results from a 2-year analysis of aerosol number size distribution

Members from the APCG group served as authors for a newly published article in Atmospheric research. This is the first time, to our knowledge, that long-term size distribution measurements are analyzed for new particle formation events, in a...

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22 March 2020

APCG disseminates @Κόsμος current research on Covid-19 and AQ

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05 March 2020

APCG March meeting on GIS uses in Environmental Science

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20 February 2020

A Special Issue on "Remote Sensing for Smart Renewable Cities" is now open

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17 February 2020

Kathimerini newspaper on SMURBS project

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13 February 2020

APCG gets a taste of atmospheric DNA!

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08 February 2020

APCG outreach through Κόsμος magazine

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30 January 2020

APCG@SNF

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26 January 2020

The toxicity of the financial crisis is still in the air of Greece

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25 January 2020

Air Quality & Health in European Cities

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12 January 2020

The National TV broadcasts APCG research activities

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09 January 2020

First meeting of APCG for 2020

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01 January 2020

A Special Issue on "Remote Sensing for Urban Human Health" is now open

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05 December 2019

APCG contribution to smart solutions for solar energy planning and management from space

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03 December 2019

SMURBS in the throes of implementation, as cited by SciTech Europa

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29 November 2019

NOA's operational service YPATIA developed and delivered by the APCG group

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13 November 2019

APCG is invited to participate in the upcoming Copernicus Thessaloniki Hackathon!

DRAXIS, our partner in EMISSION project, organizes the upcoming Copernicus Thessaloniki Hackathon!

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09 November 2019

Find us at the exhibition stands of the GEO Ministerial Summit in Canberra, Australia

APCG members officially announce their new EO platform to monitor SDG indicator 11.6.2 in Europe.

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01 November 2019

APCG members will present at 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

APCG members will participate in the 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., with the following presentations: 1) E. Gerasopoulos, E. Athanasopoulou, M. Ramacher, O. Speyer, M. Karl, I. Stavroulas, G. Grivas, J. Bailey, A. Kakouri, City scale...

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29 October 2019

On our way to the GEO Ministerial Summit in Canberra, Australia

APCG participates in the Energy Working Group of EuroGEO, soon to participate in the GEO Ministerial Summit in Canberra, Australia.

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30 September 2019

Smart-city solutions for climate change-related phenomena

The current, highlighted research and project activity of APCG to combat climate change implications, is now hosted at the ECOTEC magazine. ...

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17 September 2019

APCG supports the SDG framework

APCG participates in the campaign #17days17goalsgr, in the frame of Researchers night 2019. ...

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04 September 2019

Group meetings

APCG meets on a monthly basis, to discuss on state-of-the-art research issues of interest to its members. Today, another fruitful meeting was held at IERSD premises, where Dr. Stelios Myriokefalitakis introduced the importance of multiphase...

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30 August 2019

APCG members have participated in the European Aerosol Conference - EAC 2019

APCG members have participated in the European Aerosol Conference – EAC 2019, 25-30 August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden, with the following presentations: 1) Iasonas Stavroulas, Eleni Liakakou, Georgios Grivas, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos and Evangelos...

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05 July 2019

APCG members are working on the online monitoring of the major active fire event in Evia

(image source: Greek Fire Service) APCG members are working on the online monitoring of the major active fire event in Evia. The fire plume has affected...

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01 July 2019

APCG members’ authors on new study showing opportunity to improve environmental equity in Athens, Greece with policies reducing air pollution from wood burning

Two APCG members served as authors for a recently published article in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, which shows the potential health and equity co-benefits related to policies reducing particulate matter (PM) pollution...

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24 June 2019

APCG members have been awarded with the new grants of the Ministry of Finance and Development

Members of the APCG research team have won and participate in the newly funded program ‘Support of new researchers – B cycle’ of the Ministry of Finance and Development. State-of-the-art research will be performed, dedicated to the study of...

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28 March 2019

APCG members have participated in the 23rd International Transport and Air Pollution (TAP) Conference 2020-2030: Transport in critical transition

APCG members have participated in the 23rd 23rd International Transport and Air Pollution (TAP) Conference 2020-2030: Transport in critical transition, with the following presentation: Papadakis, D. Stouraitis, A. Bartzas, E. Gerasopoulos, G. Grivas,...

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07 March 2019

SMURBS video is now out!

Smurbs 1st thematic video is out! SMURBS project sets the stage for integration of the still fragmented Earth Observation, into information and decision making tools for individuals and local governments, in a network of smart cities. SMURBS’coordination...

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14 June 2018

SMURBS/ERA-PLANET in SciTech Europa Quarterly

SMURBS project is now hosted on the SciTech Europa Quarterly Magazine, June’s edition! You may navigate through its interesting articles by clicking here, or you may select SMURBS' tribute, pages 108-109 here. To access the full version of the...

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24 January 2018

Atmospheric pollution in Greece - 2018

An analytic report on HuffPost Greece, describing the current air pollution stresses in Greece and their impacts on public health and the cultural heritage of the country.

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03 December 2017

SMURBS/ERA-PLANET: The new Horizon2020 project coordinated by NOA

According to UNs “World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision” in today’s increasingly global and interconnected world, over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, while the coming decades will bring further profound changes to the...

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