Air Pollution

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The climate crisis is damaging the health of fetuses, babies, and infants across the world, six new studies have found. Scientists discovered increased heat was linked to fast weight gain in babies, which increases the risk of…

When Paula Brooks stands in front of her two-bedroom house on Camp Street in Indianapolis and glances south, she sees brightly painted historic homes and towering oaks. When she glances north, she sees traffic. All day, cars, ambulances, buses, delivery trucks, dump trucks, and semi-tractor trailers rumble by. At rush…

A field trial found that levels of nitrogen oxides and ozone similar to those near roads led to a 70 per cent drop in the numbers of bees and butterflies on mustard plants Environment 19 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan A marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a greater…

NIBONG TEBAL: About 400 people from 86 families in Ladang Byram and Kampung Kebun Baru here were ordered to evacuate following air pollution brought about by a fire at the Pulau Burung landfill on Wednesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd...Read More

A number of factors, such as the rise in deployment of electric vehicles (EVs), technological advancements, surge in concerns of air pollution, and developments of EV charging infrastructure, are expected to drive the electric vehicle charging cables market in the foreseeable period (2021–2030). According to P&S Intelligence, the market generated…

Korea sounded the first pollution emergency alarm of 2022 on Sunday as ultrafine dust levels in Seoul surged four to five times of normal levels to more than 100 ㎍ per hour. The National Institute of Environmental Research said, "Stagnant air has caused fine dust to linger and accumulate over…

Cities worldwide are shrouded with air pollution – and it's killing people. A new modeling study found that 86% of people living in cities throughout the world – a total of 2.5 billion people – are exposed to fine particulate matter at levels that exceed the World Health Organization's 2005…

The air quality in and around Calgary is taking a turn for the worse Friday afternoon and evening. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a special air quality statement Friday afternoon, expecting elevated pollution levels “until later this evening” in Calgary and surrounding Rocky View County. “Individuals may experience…

Researchers estimate that 1.85 million new childhood asthma cases in 2019 were linked with exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic gas released by diesel vehicles Health 5 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan Heavy traffic on a street in New Delhi, India Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images About one in 12…

The simultaneous occurence of extreme levels of ozone and particulate matter have increased significantly in the past decade due to wildfires in the western US Environment 5 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles during the wildfire season in September 2020 Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock…