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14 January 2022

Pollution impact on monuments: our new publication!

A new publication from our collaborator Dimitris Mitsos, in the frame of his diploma thesis in MSc CultTech at the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management of the University of the Peloponnese. Dimitris is currently a...

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04 January 2022

PANACEA Winter 2021-2022 Campaign

During the “PANACEA Winter 2021-2022 Campaign”, which will take place from 6th of December 2021 to 10th of January 2022 at the city of Ioannina-Greece, members of APCG contribute to the high resolution measurements of particulate and gaseous...

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23 December 2021

Merry Christmas!

We wish to all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Warm wishes for health and happy moments with your families!

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21 December 2021

Presentation of E-SHAPE to EO4GEO workshop

NOA was invited to demonstrate the EU H2020 e-shape Pilot 2.3 "EO-based pollution-health risks profiling in the urban environment" to university students. APCG members delivered two seminars, the first on air quality monitoring through low-cost...

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16 December 2021

EIFFEL project meet the Municipal officers!

On the 15th of December, a meeting of significant importance was held between the National Observatory of Athens and the Municipality of Penteli (Athens-Greece), elevating synergy between the two entities within the Sustainable urban development...

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26 November 2021

November 2021 APCG Meeting

In today’s APCG Meeting, we had a very interesting and productive discussion. The new members of our group, Arezina Sakka and Kalliopi Petrinoli, presented their previous works and their current duties in the group, relevant to the preservation of...

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08 November 2021

COP26 - Addressing climate change impacts on cultural and natural heritage

In Brussels on 2 November 2021, the Greek Government through the Coordination Unit of the Greek Initiative at UN level for the protection of cultural and natural heritage from climate impacts.

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16 October 2021

ARSINOE kick off: APCG contributes to the “Greening of Athens Metropolitan Area” Pilot

ARSINOE is a 39-partner HORIZON 2020 Green Deal Call project, which draws up resilience ecosystem for climate change adaptation solutions. ARSINOE approach contains 9 widely varied show cases to ensure applicability, replicability, potential and...

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13 October 2021

October APCG Meeting

We are back with our first meeting in autumn and for the new academic year, with massive participation from all team members!

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11 October 2021

Kicking off GAUSS: Generating Advanced Usage of Earth Observation for Smart Statistics

The overarching objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate applications that advance the use of Earth Observation1 data in the European Statistical System.

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10 October 2021

RI-URBANS – our Green Deal project

We are excited and proud to be part of the new Green Deal project, RI-URBANS, which stands for “Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial Areas”.

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04 October 2021

COMECAP 2021

Several members of the APCG have participated in the 15th international conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics, COMECAP 2021, that was held in Ioannina last week.Two presentations were delivered by Nasia Kakouri and Katerina...

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03 September 2021

How can climate data contribute in preserving our cultural heritage

“We do not have the luxury of first losing our cultural property and then dealing with the situation. We must take action now “, says Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos, director of the Greek Geo Office (GEO). “A few years ago, widespread fires in Greece...

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10 August 2021

Athens wildfires and exposure to smoke! Informing the State and the citizens.

APCG, responsible for the operation of the PANACEA National Research Infrastructure network of sensors in the Region of Attica, has been informing the Governor and the citizens, on a daily basis through press releases and social media, about the...

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02 July 2021

The GEO "Urban Heritage Climate Observatory" at the Workshop on Cultural & Natural Heritage & Climate Challenges

The Greek GEO Office (GGO) on 1-2 July 2021 participated in the event organized by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and ECMWF presenting the GEO Community Activity “Urban Heritage Climate Observatory” (UHCO) and discussing the Cultural and...

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24 June 2021

New vacancy!

New position on Atmospheric Modeling at APCG. If you think you are skilled and interested in joining us, please check the details immediately!

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24 June 2021

GEO Symposium 2021

The Geo Symposium 2021 has ended! A lot of interesting presentations and productive discussions were realized in parallel sessions. The presence of APCG and the Greek GEO Office was more than noticed!

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23 June 2021

Kick-off meeting of the Eiffel project, GEOSS gets a boost towards climate change adaptation & mitigation

As Europe takes a breather after a strenuous COVID winter and football is back on the menu, a different kind of kick-off took place on June 22-23. The Eiffel project officially commenced with a very solid line-up of 19 partners, featuring public...

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18 June 2021

APCG at FIRE Forum / EXPANDEO

APCG, exploiting the experience gained from the implementation of the SMURBS Smart Cities H2020 project, had a strong presence during the first FIRE Forum, hosted at the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)’s annual EXPANDEO...

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03 June 2021

June APCG Meeting

Ιn our June meeting, the APCG group was informed about the new community activity of GEO, namely the Urban Heritage Climate Observatory (UCHO) that is co-lead by the Greek GEO Office. Dr Nefta Votsi presented the structure, objectives and future...

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25 May 2021

Covering the Corinthos wild-fire pollution event over Athens with real time measurements

APCG contributed greatly to public information with its constant provision of data on Air Quality conditions over Athens as a result of extended wild-fire that burned for three consecutive days in Corinth. The measurement data and maps from the...

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10 May 2021

ATMO-ACCESS kick-off meeting

The ATMO-ACCESS (Sustainable Access to Atmospheric Research Facilities) kick off meeting, coordinated by the French National Research Centre (CNRS) in the frame of H2020 programme of the European Commission, takes place virtually on 10-12 May 2021.

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29 April 2021

APCG in GEO's Urban Heritage Climate Observatory (UHCO) Community Activity

The launch event of the Urban Heritage Climate Observatory (UHCO), the new GEO Community Activity, coordinated by the Greek GEO Office and UNESCO World Heritage Cities, was completed with absolute success on Monday, 26 April 2021.

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28 April 2021

Happy Easter!

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26 April 2021

April APCG Meeting

In our April meeting, a very interesting and informative presentation, was delivered by Dr. Katerina Bugiatioti on the climate crisis, who presented to us APCG mesaurements of greenhouse gases in Athens.

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26 April 2021

Thissio Station from above

Our team proudly presents the aerial view of the Thissio Actinometric Station in this video.

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01 April 2021

March APCG Meeting

In our March meeting, a very interesting and rich to information and progress presentation was delivered by Dr. Panagiotis Kosmopoulos on the renewable energy applications of the group.

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05 March 2021

GGO participates in the Cultural Heritage and Climate Change webinar

The Greek Group of Earth Observation Office (GGO) on 9 March 2021 participated in this interdisciplinary event entitled “Cultural Heritage and Climate Change” presenting the Community Activity “Urban Heritage Climate Observatory” and discussing the...

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12 February 2021

February APCG Meeting

The first APCG meeting for 2021 took place on February 11, with a presentation delivered by D. Karagiannis entitled “The Atmospheric Monitoring component of the INFRASTRESS project".

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08 February 2021

Article on plant energy production management

A novel service was officially released in summer 2020 in support to the distributed solar plant energy production management, electricity handling entities and smart grid operations in Europe and North Africa.

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04 January 2021

When particles are born!

New paper with the participation of APCG members focusing on "Regional New Particle Formation over the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East".

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22 December 2020

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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18 December 2020

Last group meeting for 2020!

During our last meeting for 2020, Dr. Anastasia Panopoulou presented very interested results from her work on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), including those obtained during her PhD, and unfolded future planning together with Dr. Eleni Liakakou.

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14 December 2020

A new methodology to forecast cloud movement for solar energy application

A novel study realized by our group introducing a short-term forecasting system that is capable of calculating solar energy in large-scale exploiting “Meteosat”, a second generation (MSG) satellite.

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25 November 2020

November APCG Meeting

In our November meeting we had a very interesting and rich to information and progress presentation by Dr. Panagiotis Raptis which was followed by a very constructive discussion.

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12 November 2020

SMURBS Annual meeting PM3

The two-day annual meeting of SMURBS has been accomplished with GREAT success!Representatives from all partners discussed about the current status of the project and our future planning.

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30 October 2020

COVID–19 Lockdown Effects on Emissions and Air Quality in Athens, Greece

The lockdown measures implemented worldwide to slow the spread of the COVID–19The lockdown measures implemented worldwide to slow the spread of the COVID–19pandemic have allowed for a unique real–world experiment, regarding the impacts of...

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26 October 2020

Space for cities: from innovation to operation

Two invited talks by members of APCG in the "Space for cities: from innovation to operation" workshop organized by EURISY.

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21 October 2020

Our new research on the role of atmospheric organic nutrients in biogeochemistry

A first assessment of the atmospheric organic nutrients' contribution, highlighting the importance of their representation in biogeochemistry models.

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20 October 2020

APCG article highlighted!

Our article on low-cost, smart AQ sensors published in Atmosphere has been selected as Editor's Choice.

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14 October 2020

The fierce face of climate change

An interesting interview by Prof. N. Mihalopoulos, Director of IERSD/NOA in Kathimerini, where he comments on the extreme weather events that are striking Greece and the globe during the last decades with increasing frequency, and how the new...

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06 October 2020

First APCG virtual meeting after the lockdown!

The first meeting of APCG for the new academic year took place today with the participation of all its members. It has been a while since the last time, so it was a nice opportunity to catch up and discuss the new challenges ahead.

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29 September 2020

The second scientific Conference of PANACEA started today!

Young researchers and students from almost all atmospheric groups in Greece, as well as key-note speakers from Greece and abroad deliver a number of very interesting presentations.

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11 September 2020

Earth Observations for Climate Change Impacts on World Heritage Cities

Great Greek Success!!! The Greek GEO Office, which is operated by our group, initiated in cooperation with UNESCO, a global activity within GEO titled “Earth Observations for Climate Change Impacts on World Heritage Cities”. The Community Activity was...

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08 September 2020

Low-cost, smart sensors to monitor air quality - what about data quality?

The new research of our group demonstrates the network of low-cost, compact, particulate matter (PM) sensors which operates in Athens, the largest city in Greece, for five months now, and how it performs with respect to measurement accuracy and...

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26 August 2020

Monoterpenes and Isoprene in a Mediterranean city (Athens): Natural vs anthropogenic origin

Monoterpenes and isoprene are biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) contributing significantly to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and tropospheric ozone (O3). Despite they are considered of biogenic origin, other emission...

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20 August 2020

Spatial variability of aerosols over Greek archaeological sites

APCG digs into the impacts of chemical weathering on Cultural Heritage (CH). Twenty-one archaeological sites in Greece were selected to study their exposure to particulate pollution, in terms of aerosol loading and chemical type, to infer on the...

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18 August 2020

Assessing the contribution of regional sources to urban air pollution in Athens

In our new article the novel 3D-PSCF model was applied in Athens for the first time, providing new information regarding the vertical zones in which transport of pollutants occurs.

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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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