Air Pollution

The Supreme Court decision to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could make an already grave situation worse for those affected most by climate change and air pollution, advocates say. Environmental and climate justice advocates from across the United States are decrying the…

Increasing agricultural productivity usually depends on adding something, such as fertilizer or water. Now, a Stanford University-led study reveals that removing one thing in particular -- a common air pollutant -- could lead to dramatic gains in crop yields.   The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported analysis, published in Science Advances, used…

Tracking how misinformation campaigns begin and amplify can give scientists tools to combat them A general view shows commercial buildings shrouded in haze on a heavily polluted day in Seoul on March 25, 2022. Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images Climate change is an issue that is deeply entwined with…

Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,…

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9 May 2022 Keme Nzerem talks about the politics of air pollution, why it’s damaging to our health and its links with poverty. https://traffic.libsyn.com/thefourcast/220507_POLLUTION_KEME_mixdown-16LUFS.mp3 Just how polluted is the air we breathe in the UK? Other than the smog we can see it’s sometimes impossible to visualise what some call…

Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards, according to a report from the University of…

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A study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has suggested that men contribute more to air pollution compared to women. The study, “Understanding the mitigation potential of sustainable urban transport measures across income and gender groups”, observed that men tend to use personal transport more than women when their…

Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP (Getty Images) Gas-powered cars are horrible for the environment and our lungs, but new research shows that particles released by rubber tires are a major contributor to air pollution, too. Tests conducted over two years by UK-based consultancy and research firm Emissions Analytics found that car…