Air Pollution

People walk in Causeway Bay on Tuesday as the Air Quality Health Index recorded “very high” air pollution levels. Photo: Sam TsangExperts link elevated levels of pollutants to the influence of Typhoon Maysak, expected to make landfall in South Korea on Thursday Combination of high temperatures and strong sunlight is…

A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again.America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is menacing the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air pollution and man-made climate…

A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again.America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is menacing the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air pollution and man-made climate…

The government has given the green light to an escalator and walkway system to link the Fortress Hill MTR station with the top of Braemar Hill – after considering the plan for over a decade. However, no concrete details were given for the design of the system, its cost, or…

We need a global debate on the best way to respond to these demographic changes.Photo illustration by Arthimedes / ShutterstockIn their 1968 book The Population Bomb, biologists Paul Ehrlich and his wife Anne foretold a Malthusian future of famine and disease if humanity failed to control its growth. The Ehrlichs’…

A 108-foot-long "ocean-in-a-lab" reveals how sea spray aerosols could interact with pollutants to influence climate. Credit: Erik Jepsen (University of California San Diego) Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the globe, yet little is known about how gases and aerosols made by ocean microbes affect weather and climate, or how human-produced…

China wants to boost transport of bulk cargo by railway to cut air pollution. Photo: XinhuaChina’s plan to shift the transport of bulk cargo from dirty, diesel-burning trucks to cleaner electric-powered railcars is falling behind target The country’s state-run railway system is plagued by inefficiency, a lack of coordination and…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drivers and passengers can inhale significantly lower levels of air pollution by setting their vehicle's ventilation systems more effectively and taking a 'cleaner' route to their destination, a new study reveals. Road transport emissions are major source of urban air pollution—nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter…

Scientists have found that air pollution in the winter is associated with more hospitalisations in Dublin due to strokes. The study, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, has prompted a call for a national ban of solid fuel burning. During winter months in Ireland, particularly…

It’s no secret that living near a highway, a power plant, or some other source of air pollution can slowly kill you. Health impacts related to the toxic emissions spewing from these places — especially the tinier particles that enter deep into the lungs — are well documented: asthma, heart…