Publications
Meng, W.; Cheng, Y.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Su, H.; Tao, S., The Long Hazy Tail: Analysis of the Impacts and Trends of Severe Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution in North China. Environmental Science & Technology 2024, 58 (19), 8326-8335.
Meng, W.; Zhu, L.; Liang, Z.; Xu, H.; Zhang, W.; Li, J.; Zhang, Y.; Luo, Z.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Cheng, H.; Ma, J.; Tao, S., Significant but Inequitable Cost-Effective Benefits of a Clean Heating Campaign in Northern China. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57 (23), 8467-8475.
Meng, W.; Kiesewetter, G.; Zhang, S.; Schöpp, W.; Rafaj, P.; Klimont, Z.; Tao, S., Costs and Benefits of Household Fuel Policies and Alternative Strategies in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57 (51), 21662-21672.
Meng, W.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Ma, J.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Hu, J.; Wan, Y.; Tao, S., Source contributions and drivers of physiological and psychophysical cobenefits from major air pollution control actions in North China. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56 (4), 2225-2235.
Meng, W.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Yun, X.; Li, J.; Ma, J.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Hu, J.; Wan, Y.; Tao, S., Synergistic Health Benefits of Household Stove Upgrading and Energy Switching in Rural China. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55 (21), 14567-14575.
Meng, W.; Shen, H.; Yun, X.; Chen, Y.; Zhong, Q.; Zhang, W.; Yu, X.; Xu, H.; Ren, Y. a.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Wang, X.; Zhu, D.; Tao, S., Differentiated-Rate Clean Heating Strategy with Superior Environmental and Health Benefits in Northern China. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54 (21), 13458-13466.
Meng, W.; Zhong, Q.; Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Yun, X.; Smith, K. R.; Li, B.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Ma, J.; Cheng, H.; Zeng, E. Y.; Guan, D.; Russell, A. G.; Tao, S., Energy and air pollution benefits of household fuel policies in northern China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019, 116 (34), 16773-16780.
Meng, W.; Zhong, Q.; Yun, X.; Zhu, X.; Huang, T.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Chen, H.; Zhou, F.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Zeng, E. Y.; Tao, S., Improvement of a Global High-Resolution Ammonia Emission Inventory for Combustion and Industrial Sources with New Data from the Residential and Transportation Sectors. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51 (5), 2821-2829.
Zhu, L.; Liang, Z.; Zhang, L.; Meng, W.; Yao, X.; Su, B.; Tao, S., Assessing the Impacts of Coal-to-Electricity Transition in China’s Regional Power System and “2+ 26” Cities. iScience 2025, 28 (2).
Xing, R.; Luo, Z.; Zhang, W.; Xiong, R.; Jiang, K.; Meng, W.; Meng, J.; Dai, H.; Xue, B.; Shen, H.; Shen, G., Household fuel and direct carbon emission disparity in rural China. Environment International 2024, 108549.
Zhu, Y.; Jiao, X.; Meng, W.; Yu, X.; Cheng, H.; Shen, G.; Wang, X.; Tao, S., Drinking water in rural China: Water sources, treatment, and boiling energy. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57 (16), 6465-6473.
Zhang, W.; Xu, H.; Yu, X.; Li, J.; Zhang, Y.; Dai, R.; Zheng, S.; Meng, W.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Li, B.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Tao, S., Rigorous regional air quality standards for substantial health benefits. Earth's Future 2023, 11 (12), e2023EF003860.
Shen, G.; Xiong, R.; Tian, Y.; Luo, Z.; Jiangtulu, B.; Meng, W.; Du, W.; Meng, J.; Chen, Y.; Xue, B.; Wang, B.; Duan, Y.; Duo, J.; Fan, F.; Huang, L.; Ju, T.; Liu, F.; Li, S.; Liu, X.; Li, Y.; Wang, M.; Nan, Y.; Pan, B.; Pan, Y.; Wang, L.; Zeng, E.; Zhan, C.; Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Cheng, H.; Tao, S., Substantial transition to clean household energy mix in rural China. National Science Review 2022, 9 (7), nwac050.
Luo, Z.; Shen, G.; Men, Y.; Zhang, W.; Meng, W.; Zhu, W.; Meng, J.; Liu, X.; Cheng, Q.; Jiang, K.; Yun, X.; Cheng, H.; Xue, T.; Shen, H.; Tao, S., Reduced inequality in ambient and household PM2.5 exposure in China. Environment International 2022, 170, 107599.
Cai, W.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, S.; Bai, Y.; Callaghan, M.; Chang, N.; Chen, B.; Chen, H.; Cheng, L.; Cui, X.; Dai, H.; Danna, B.; Dong, W.; Fan, W.; Fang, X.; Gao, T.; Geng, Y.; Guan, D.; Hu, Y.; Hua, J.; Huang, C.; Huang, H.; Huang, J.; Jiang, L.; Jiang, Q.; Jiang, X.; Jin, H.; Kiesewetter, G.; Liang, L.; Lin, B.; Lin, H.; Liu, H.; Liu, Q.; Liu, T.; Liu, X.; Liu, X.; Liu, Z.; Liu, Z.; Lou, S.; Lu, C.; Luo, Z.; Meng, W.; Miao, H.; Ren, C.; Romanello, M.; Schöpp, W.; Su, J.; Tang, X.; Wang, C.; Wang, Q.; Warnecke, L.; Wen, S.; Winiwarter, W.; Xie, Y.; Xu, B.; Yan, Y.; Yang, X.; Yao, F.; Yu, L.; Yuan, J.; Zeng, Y.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, R.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, S.; Zhao, Q.; Zheng, D.; Zhou, H.; Zhou, J.; Fung, M. F.-C. C.; Luo, Y.; Gong, P., The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. The Lancet Public Health 2022, 7 (12), e1073-e1090.
Zhang, W.; Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Xu, H.; Zhong, Q.; Yu, X.; Ren, Y. a.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Cheng, H.; Li, B.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Tao, S., Urban residential energy switching in China between 1980 and 2014 prevents 2.2 million premature deaths. One Earth 2021, 4 (11), 1602-1613.
Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Xu, H.; Zhang, W.; Yu, X.; Shen, H.; Chen, Y.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Li, B.; Cheng, H.; Hu, J.; Tao, S., Coal Is Dirty, but Where It Is Burned Especially Matters. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55 (11), 7316-7326.
Yu, X.; Zhong, Q.; Zhang, W.; Meng, W.; Yun, X.; Xu, H.; Shen, H.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Cheng, H.; Li, B.; Liu, J.; Tao, S., Direct and Inverse Reduced-Form Models for Reciprocal Calculation of BC Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55 (15), 10300-10309.
Xu, H.; Ren, Y. a.; Zhang, W.; Meng, W.; Yun, X.; Yu, X.; Li, J.; Zhang, Y.; Shen, G.; Ma, J.; Li, B.; Cheng, H.; Wang, X.; Wan, Y.; Tao, S., Updated Global Black Carbon Emissions from 1960 to 2017: Improvements, Trends, and Drivers. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55 (12), 7869-7879.
Shen, H.; Shen, G.; Chen, Y.; Russell, A. G.; Hu, Y.; Duan, X.; Meng, W.; Xu, Y.; Yun, X.; Lyu, B.; Zhao, S.; Hakami, A.; Guo, J.; Tao, S.; Smith, K. R., Increased air pollution exposure among the Chinese population during the national quarantine in 2020. Nature Human Behaviour 2021, 5 (2), 239-246.
Shen, H.; Liu, B.; Chen, Y.; Zhu, X.; Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Lu, C.; Shen, G.; Hu, Y.; Russell, A. G.; Smith, K. R.; Tao, S., Individual and population level protection from particulate matter exposure by wearing facemasks. Environment International 2021, 146, 106026.
Ren, Y. a.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Zhong, Q.; Xu, H.; Meng, W.; Zhang, W.; Yu, X.; Yun, X.; Luo, Z.; Chen, Y.; Li, B.; Cheng, H.; Zhu, D.; Tao, S., Contributions of biomass burning to global and regional SO2 emissions. Atmospheric Research 2021, 260, 105709.
Yun, X.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Meng, W.; Chen, Y.; Xu, H.; Ren, Y.; Zhong, Q.; Du, W.; Ma, J.; Cheng, H.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Li, B.; Hu, J.; Wan, Y.; Tao, S., Residential solid fuel emissions contribute significantly to air pollution and associated health impacts in China. Science Advances 2020, 6 (44), eaba7621.
Lu, C.; Xu, H.; Meng, W.; Hou, W.; Zhang, W.; Shen, G.; Cheng, H.; Wang, X.; Wang, X.; Tao, S., A novel model for regional indoor PM2.5 quantification with both external and internal contributions included. Environment International 2020, 145, 106124.
Zhu, X.; Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Xu, H.; Du, W.; Shen, G.; Cheng, H.; Ma, J.; Tao, S., Stacked Use and Transition Trends of Rural Household Energy in Mainland China. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53 (1), 521-529.
Shen, G.; Ru, M.; Du, W.; Zhu, X.; Zhong, Q.; Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Hu, J.; Guan, D.; Tao, S., Impacts of air pollutants from rural Chinese households under the rapid residential energy transition. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 8.
Zhong, Q.; Ma, J.; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Zhu, X.; Yun, X.; Meng, W.; Cheng, H.; Liu, J.; Li, B.; Wang, X.; Zeng, E. Y.; Guan, D.; Tao, S., Distinguishing Emission-Associated Ambient Air PM2.5 Concentrations and Meteorological Factor-Induced Fluctuations. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52 (18), 10416-10425.
Tao, S.; Ru, M. Y.; Du, W.; Zhu, X.; Zhong, Q. R.; Li, B. G.; Shen, G. F.; Pan, X. L.; Meng, W. J.; Chen, Y. L.; Shen, H. Z.; Lin, N.; Su, S.; Zhuo, S. J.; Huang, T. B.; Xu, Y.; Yun, X.; Liu, J. F.; Wang, X. L.; Liu, W. X.; Cheng, H. F.; Zhu, D. Q., Quantifying the rural residential energy transition in China from 1992 to 2012 through a representative national survey. Nature Energy 2018, 3 (7), 567-573.