Seth B C Shonkoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 7992461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seth B C Shonkoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seth B C |
| FAMILY NAME | Shonkoff |
| SIGNATURE | SHONKOFF S B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2696-0259 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Benzene and other hazardous air pollutants in consumer-grade natural gas in Europe
Consumer-grade natural gas leaks contribute to methane-induced climate change and can degrade air quality. However, limited leakage and gas composition data exist outside of North America. Here, we measured stove-off gas leakage in 35 homes and chemically characterized 78 unburned gas samples from residential stoves across seven cities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Italy. On average, benzene in unburned gas was substantially elevated co…
Not just a climate problem
Methane super-emitter events (>100 kg methane hr −1 ) are prevalent across the oil and gas supply chain and are being targeted for methane mitigation policies due to their climate impacts; however, few studies have evaluated the air quality impacts and direct safety and public health risks. Here, we evaluate seven upstream oil and gas methane super-emitter events to examine the safety (explosivity) risks from methane and the short-term, noncancer…
Downstream natural gas composition across U.S. and Canada
Previous research has shown that natural gas (NG) leaks from residential appliances are common, affecting greenhouse gas emission inventories and indoor air quality. To study these implications, we collected and analyzed 587 unburned NG samples from 481 residences over 17 North American cities for hydrocarbons, hazardous air pollutants, and organosulfur odorants. Nearly all (97% of) gas samples contained benzene (between-city mean: 2335 ppbv [95%…
Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States
Hundreds of thousands of documented and undocumented orphaned oil and gas wells exist in the United States (U.S.). These wells have the potential to contaminate water supplies, degrade ecosystems, and emit methane and other air pollutants. Thus, orphaned wells present risks to climate stability and to environmental and human health, which can be reduced by plugging. To quantify environmental risks and opportunities of well plugging at the nationa…
Applying the hierarchy of controls to oil and gas development
Hazardous air pollutants in transmission pipeline natural gas
Natural gas production occurs in specific regions of the US, after which it is processed and transported via an interconnected network of high-pressure interstate pipelines. While the presence of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in unprocessed, upstream natural gas has been documented, little has been published on their presence in the midstream natural gas supply. We systematically evaluated publicly available, industry-disclosed HAP composition …
Minding the Climate Gap
Analyses on the equity issues associated with climate change and the mitigation strategies that aim to attenuate it tend to focus on the international scale. These analyses tend to cite developing countries as the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected, and thus, the most likely to benefit from sound policies. However, fewer studies focus on the intra-national context within industrialized countries and the potential disparate impacts an…
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Minding the Climate Gap
Analyses on the equity issues associated with climate change and the mitigation strategies that aim to attenuate it tend to focus on the international scale. These analyses tend to cite developing countries as the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected, and thus, the most likely to benefit from sound policies. However, fewer studies focus on the intra-national context within industrialized countries and the potential disparate impacts an…
Applying the hierarchy of controls to oil and gas development
Hazardous air pollutants in transmission pipeline natural gas
Natural gas production occurs in specific regions of the US, after which it is processed and transported via an interconnected network of high-pressure interstate pipelines. While the presence of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in unprocessed, upstream natural gas has been documented, little has been published on their presence in the midstream natural gas supply. We systematically evaluated publicly available, industry-disclosed HAP composition …
Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States
Hundreds of thousands of documented and undocumented orphaned oil and gas wells exist in the United States (U.S.). These wells have the potential to contaminate water supplies, degrade ecosystems, and emit methane and other air pollutants. Thus, orphaned wells present risks to climate stability and to environmental and human health, which can be reduced by plugging. To quantify environmental risks and opportunities of well plugging at the nationa…
Downstream natural gas composition across U.S. and Canada
Previous research has shown that natural gas (NG) leaks from residential appliances are common, affecting greenhouse gas emission inventories and indoor air quality. To study these implications, we collected and analyzed 587 unburned NG samples from 481 residences over 17 North American cities for hydrocarbons, hazardous air pollutants, and organosulfur odorants. Nearly all (97% of) gas samples contained benzene (between-city mean: 2335 ppbv [95%…
Not just a climate problem
Methane super-emitter events (>100 kg methane hr −1 ) are prevalent across the oil and gas supply chain and are being targeted for methane mitigation policies due to their climate impacts; however, few studies have evaluated the air quality impacts and direct safety and public health risks. Here, we evaluate seven upstream oil and gas methane super-emitter events to examine the safety (explosivity) risks from methane and the short-term, noncancer…
Benzene and other hazardous air pollutants in consumer-grade natural gas in Europe
Consumer-grade natural gas leaks contribute to methane-induced climate change and can degrade air quality. However, limited leakage and gas composition data exist outside of North America. Here, we measured stove-off gas leakage in 35 homes and chemically characterized 78 unburned gas samples from residential stoves across seven cities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Italy. On average, benzene in unburned gas was substantially elevated co…
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Chemistry (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Waste management (4 works) · Methane (3 works) · Natural gas (3 works) · Wind and Air Flow Studies (3 works) · Air pollutants (2 works) · Air pollution (2 works)