Air Pollution

Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat 40e communications satellite, which also hosts NASA’s TEMPO air quality monitoring instrument. Follow…

WASHINGTON – Breathing polluted air was linked to an increased risk for dementia, underscoring the potential for stricter air quality measures to prevent conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, that afflict millions of Americans. Chronic exposure to air containing high levels of fine particles was consistently associated with dementia, according to…

It’s no secret that air pollution can contribute to a number of health conditions, including heart disease and respiratory conditions. Less widely known is that it could play a role in declining cognition as well. In a study published in BMJ, researchers at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of…

Artist’s illustration of the TEMPO instrument’s scan of air quality across North America. Credit: NASA A $210 million NASA mission to improve air pollution monitoring over North America is set to launch Friday with an Intelsat communications satellite blasting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. NASA’s…

/ Environment Issued on: 05/04/2023 - 16:50 Commuters walk along a platform at the Gare de l'Est metro station in Paris on March 7, 2023. © Christophe Archambault, AFP Prosecutors in Paris have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that pollution in the capital's metro system is putting travellers' lives…

Other sources of air pollution such as coal, wood and paraffin increase when the coal-fired power stations are down. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Other sources of air pollution such as coal, wood and paraffin increase when the coal-fired power stations are down Read More

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Published Mar 29, 2023  •  Last updated Mar 29, 2023  •  3 minute read A jogger makes their way through the fog at the University of Alberta Farm in Edmonton, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2023. Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for Edmonton and surrounding areas. Photo by David…

A new study led by North Carolina State University researchers found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, and deepen pollution inequalities along racial and ethnic lines. Published in Nature Communications, the study also found financial penalties…

Hong Kong CNN  —  A severe sandstorm has swept across Beijing and several northern provinces in China, blanketing the region in thick clouds of orange dust and sending air pollution soaring to hazardous levels, state weather authorities said on Wednesday. Dense clouds enveloped the Chinese capital where the air quality…