People living in high pollution areas may rack up DNA glitches that trigger lung cancer, scientists suggest July 2 in Nature. Those glitches can include mutations that hobble the very genes that ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

Air pollution is a global health concern, with over 90% of the world's population breathing air that exceeds World Health Organization safety standards.

In his new book, ” Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere,” Rob Jackson looks at ways to reduce and remove climate pollution.

In simple terms, we found that in years when a state – or its neighboring states – experienced more methane leak incidents, that state’s annual average fine-particle air pollution was measurably ...

The cleanup of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming, a new study published today (Monday, 14 July) in ...

Its air pollution dropped 42.3 percent between 2013 and 2021. If the improvements are sustained, the average Chinese citizen will be able to live 2.2 years longer.

Particle pollution is the mix of solid and liquid droplets floating in the air, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. It can come in the form of dirt, dust, soot or smoke.

While the U.S. has made great progress improving air quality in recent decades, air pollution is still a driver of many serious health conditions both domestically and globally. According to a new ...

Chicago's air among the most polluted as nation undergoes ‘distressing reversal’ The metro area ranked 15th overall for levels of smog, according to a new analysis from the American Lung ...

All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is ...