Air Pollution

Air pollution, especially one type that is worsening with global warming, can accelerate lung disease as quickly as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, new research released Tuesday shows. The study published on August 13 in the journal JAMA by researchers a…

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Burning of paddy crop residue, one of the major causes of air pollution, declined by 41 per cent last year over 2016-level in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR with the help of a 1,151 crore central scheme, the government said on Tuesday. Indian …

Asthma among children close to 67,000 new cases is hitting home in 18 European countries because of small particulates contaminating the air, according to a new report. But a number of those cases could be prevented yearly if the particulates were reduced to …

If European countries complied with current World Health Organization air quality guidelines, it could prevent up to 11% of new childhood asthma cases each year, according to a new study. Overall, 33% of new asthma cases in the 18 European countries research…

Old buildings and outdoor sculptures have a lot to deal with, from repeated freezing and thawing as the seasons change, to acid rain and air pollution. Temperature changes, acids and salts all gradually wear off the surface of stone structures. This forms a c…

Asthma deaths have increased by a third in a decade with extremely hot summers, air pollution and complacency all blamed for the sharp rise. More than 1,400 people died from an asthma attack last year, an eight per cent increase compared to 2017 and up 33 pe…

A new economic study in the journal Science shows that thousands of farmers in northern India could increase their profits if they stop burning their rice straw and adopt no-till practices to grow wheat. Alternative farming practices could also cut farmers' g…

Air pollutionis never far from the headlines these days, as our understanding of the effects pollution has on our bodies soars. With an estimated 4.2 million people dying annually from ailments potentially linked to it, according to the WHO, pollution has bec…

Lower air pollution levels saved an estimated 5,660 lives in New York State in 2012, compared to 2002 levels, according to a new study. Published in Environmental Research Letters, the studyled by Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Observatory atmospheric …