Air Pollution

Researchers at Duke University have developed a method that uses machine learning, satellite imagery and weather data to autonomously find hotspots of heavy air pollution, city block by city block. The technique could be a boon for finding and mitigating sources of hazardous aerosols, studying the effects of air pollution…

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: April 16, 2021 4:43:08 am The task force will monitor remedial steps to improve air qualities in the NACs — places where air quality has generally remained poor and breached pollution parameters for five years. (File/Representational Image) The National Green Tribunal…

Health Risks to Valley Residents from Friant Ranch Air Pollution Must Be Analyzed Press Release - updated: Apr 13, 2021 FRESNO, Calif., April 13, 2021 (Newswire.com) - After losing in the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to plaintiffs Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter and the League of Women Voters…

When it comes to the air you breathe, your location matters. While no city, state, or country is completely free of air pollution, some have better air quality than others. The quality of the air outside affects that inside, which is where most people spend 90% of their time. The…

Where industrialized humans live, air pollution follows. That’s bad news for your lungs, which, in exchanging the gasses necessary to keep us alive, encounter particles that can make the body function less well. Though scientists know that chronic exposure to air pollution is toxic to several organ systems, the exact…

The global hair care market is estimated to value at USD 211.1 Billion by 2025 and is expected to continue growing at a higher rate during the forecast period. Rise in demand for hair color products, rise in aging population coupled with increasing air pollution are expected to contribute to…

Press releases Healthcare Persistence Market Research The global sales of bicycle and components surpassed 1.4 billion units in 2018, as revealed by a new market research study of Persistence Market Research (PMR). The global bicycle and components market is set to witness a strong 6% CAGR during the course of forecast period, 2019 – 2029. The demand for…

Air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels impacts human health but predicting pollution levels at a given time and place remains challenging, according to a team of scientists who are turning to deep learning to improve air quality estimates. Results of the team's study could be helpful for modelers…

EPA Administrator Michael Regan is straightening up the agency’s advisory boards.Photo: Joshua Roberts (Getty Images)When he wasn’t busy searching for Ritz Carlton lotion, former Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt also gutted the agency’s science advisory boards. But after forcing out impartial scientists and installing people who literally denied air pollution’s…

To grow up in Pittsburgh in the 1990s and 2000s—as I did—was to experience something paradoxical: slow-motion whiplash. In my early childhood, everyone seemed to agree that the city was dying around us—another victim of deindustrialization and globalization and a general brain drain, the factories gone forever and talented young…