Air Pollution

India's cloud seeding trials 'costly spectacle' By Parvaiz BUKHARI New Delhi (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 India's efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move. Cloud seeding involves spraying…

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Activists in Utah and Wyoming held rallies this week urging state regulators to scrutinize a document they believe will raise energy bills for hundreds of thousands of Westerners, and worsen air pollution across the northern Rockies. The subject of the gatherings was Rocky Mountain Power’s 2025 integrated resource plan, a…

HomeScienceVol. 390, No. 6772Asian dust threatens air pollution control effortsBack To Vol. 390, No. 6772 Full accessLetter Share on Asian dust threatens air pollution control effortsGuochen Wang, Shoujuan Shu, and Weijun LiAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience30 Oct 2025Vol 390, Issue 6772p. 451DOI: 10.1126/science.aeb2629 PREVIOUS ARTICLEExtraterrestrials illustratedPreviousNEXT ARTICLERestore str…...Read More

Reporting Highlights Unreliable Pollution Reports: For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. Real Pollution Levels: Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show.…

Climate change may be causing long-term global wind speeds to slow down, a shift that will likely lead to a dangerous rise in local temperatures, worsening air pollution and disruption to renewable energy systems, Mongabay writer Sean Mowbray reported. A warming atmosphere is likely weakening the forces that govern wind…

Synopsis Delhi has undertaken cloud seeding efforts to combat severe air pollution. Three rounds of artificial rain attempts have been made. While rain has not yet been triggered, the operations have shown a reduction in particulate matter. The government is spending Rs 3.21 crore on this initiative. Further trials are…

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More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate pollution across the world. In some regions, it has also triggered outbreaks…

Delhi conducted its first trial to address catastrophic air pollution with artificial rain, claiming success despite experts expressing scepticism. Air quality in the Indian capital plummeted to a “hazardous” level on Tuesday, after a night of heavy fireworks to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali worsened seasonal pollution. The capital…