Air Pollution

HONG KONG (AP) — China's government said Tuesday no abnormal radiation was detected outside a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong following a news report of a leak, while Hong Kong's leader said her administration was closely watching the facility. The operators released few details, but nuclear experts said that…

A new study has suggested how much of an environmental burden one carries. Past studies have indicated that women who smoke or are chronically exposed to air pollution tend to have smaller birth weight babies. The period, either during pregnancy or shortly after birth, is a critical window of development.…

Shanghai’s 12345, a 24-hour government-run, public-service hotline, received more than 8,700 complaints and tip-offs concerning the environment between November and April, with air pollution, noise and water pollution topping the list, authorities revealed yesterday. The 8,742 complaints and tip-offs were an increase of 6.7 percent from the same period a…

Home News Spaceflight The atmospheric reentry process generates extreme heat and mechanical loads, which lead to the satellite's disintegration at the altitude of about 45 miles. (Image credit: ESA) Chemicals released as defunct satellites burn in the atmosphere could damage Earth’s protective ozone layer if plans to build megaconstellations of…

United Airlines announced this week that it will purchase at least 15 supersonic Overture jets, at $200 million a pop, from a startup called Boom, which—having yet to put a single one of its fast new planes in the sky—aims to start ferrying loads of up to 88 business-class passengers…

The relationships among CAW, heatwaves, wildfires, and pollution. Anomalous anticyclones characterize the atmospheric circulation that develops concomitantly over the three remote regions around the summertime Arctic (July and August). The authors named it the circum-Arctic wave (CAW) pattern. These anticyclones induce warm and dry conditions from the surface to the…

This wall-mounted air purifier boasts some great technology, but it’s much too loud for us to recommend with any enthusiasm. Aura Air Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by TechHive's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Table of Contents Show More The Aura Air air purifier takes…

Measuring air quality is inherently a measure of excess—any amount of toxic nitrogen oxides, ground-level ozone, and fine particulate matter is probably bad for human health. But when it comes to federal regulations, the notion of excess gets a bit wonky. When a refinery or plant outstrips the limits set…

For the past few years, Google has equipped its mapping vehicles with air pollution sensors. Google worked with Jaguar Land Rover on the first all-electric Street View car that will be tasked with measuring air quality in Dublin, Ireland. A Jaguar I-Pace is being used for this effort, and it…

Ella Kissi-Debrah was just nine when she suffered a fatal asthma attack. But the impact of her death could be felt for years to come, after the coroner declared last year that air pollution had caused her death – the first such ruling in the UK. Today, he published a…