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Dr Nat Easton

@nateaston.bsky.social
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UK Air Pollution Researcher at the University of Southampton; Knowledge Exchange Impact Fellow on the UK Clean Air Programme

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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...
Two women sit at a table in a conference room. In the background there are green chairs with people sitting on them.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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 👩🏼‍🎓
Nat Easton wearing PhD robesNat Easton wearing PhD robes with daughter
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🌿 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...
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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!
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#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?
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#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 stood by her scientific poster on characterising shipping emissions
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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!
Nat Easton eating a pretzel...
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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!
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I made it to Vienna! Looking forward to a week full of science and especially meeting some more of you lovely atmospheric folk! #EGU25
Nat Easton (University of Southampton ) standing outside the Austria Centre where EGU is being held.
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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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!
Dr Nat Easton standing in front of audience, with two screens with the words saying "Early Career Researchers: Networking & Training"
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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!
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James Allan @jamesallanatmos.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🔉 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.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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!
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨 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
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Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🧪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/
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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…
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨 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...
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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.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
.....and here's the piece by the Daily Mail: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
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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.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Here is also the article James wrote for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/car-brake-du...
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Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study
Almost half of all copper in the air comes from brake wear.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
If you are interested it was published yesterday and can be found here! particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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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...
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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/...
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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
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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...
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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...
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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New research suggests that "short-term PM pollution affects cognitive function through lung-brain mechanisms, either directly or indirectly." @ukcleanair.bsky.social
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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...
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Chantelle Wood @chantellewwood.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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...
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"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 buff.ly/3C683aO
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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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
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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...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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...
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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.
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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
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Centre for the South @centreforthesouth.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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.
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Clean Air South | An evidence-based exploration of air quality in the Central South
An evidence-based exploration of air quality in the Central South and how we might improve it.
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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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
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
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Final call for signups to the @ukcleanair.bsky.social media training sessions for air quality scientists!!
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The Clean Air Champions Team invite you to take part in our bespoke media training course for air pollution scientists. For more information head over to our website (Places are limited): tinyurl.com/UKCACMedia25
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ukcleanair.bsky.social @ukcleanair.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🚨 Exciting news! 🌟 We've created a Blue Sky Starter Pack to help you follow all the #CleanAir champions & our favorite feeds! 🫶 Stay inspired and stay informed with the best updates on air quality, sustainability, and more. 🌍💨 #CleanAirMatters #BlueSkyCommunity go.bsky.app/SGSGdH8
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Last month we shared our recommendations for improving #AirQuality in #UKschools at a @ukri.org parliamentary reception. We were delighted that #SAMHE was chosen as a showcase of how publicly funded research and innovation positively impacts people’s lives. #EduSky @sarahwestsei.bsky.social
Pupils from Elangeni school speaking with Rita Dhut at the UKRI parliamentary reception.Sarah West by SAMHE display at UKRI reception.
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Away day with the @ukcleanair.bsky.social team. Great chance to plan new workshops and conferences over the next six months...watch this space!
Clean air champions team lined up for a group photo.
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
👋 Yes please! I'm a postdoc who specialises in the characterisation of air pollution
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
'Improving air quality in UK schools' synthesizes #SAMHE's findings and other evidence on #IndoorAirQuality in schools and makes recommendations for policy and practice. Read the brief, shared with MPs at a UKRI parliamentary reception earlier this week: samhe.org.uk/recommendati...
Primary school classroom. Children in blue school jumpers, some with hands up, face a teacher.
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Wonderful to see so many of our Clean Air Programme (@ukcleanair.bsky.social & @metoffice.bsky.social) projects at this week's UKHSA #airpollution conference. Congratulations to Ele Smith - @metoffice.bsky.social on winning best poster with the new Air Quality Portal.
Clean Air Programme poster presentation. Clean Air Programme poster presentation. Clean Air Programme poster presentation. Ele Smith won best poster presentation.Clean Air Programme presentation from our Ingenious project
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thoroughly enjoyed the UKHSA annual Air Pollution Research Review Meeting in Bristol today. Some really fascinating talks and great to see the @ukcleanair.bsky.social projects well represented! Looking forward to tomorrow's stakeholder meeting...
Nat Easton (air pollution researcher from the University of Southampton) stood adjacent to her poster characterising port and shipping related particulate matter
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Dr Nat Easton @nateaston.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New here and slowly figuring this out... I'm a research scientist interested sources, characterisation and implications of exposure to air pollution. I'm also juggling ECR life with being a parent to a small child 👩‍🔬
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