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

Motorbikes are fueling Hanoi's air pollution crisis, contributing 87% of carbon monoxide emissions and 66% of dangerous fine dust, a 2023 study reveals.

Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans ...

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

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study has found. The decline in aerosol emissions — which can ...

In the UK, considerable efforts have been made to improve air quality. Its importance has been enshrined in law for nearly 70 ...

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

Residents in lower-income areas, often near highways and industrial sites, still breathe some of the dirtiest air in the ...

A new real-time monitoring system captures minute-by-minute changes in toxic metals resulting from traffic pollution.

Air pollution monitors at the Rutgers PAM Site, (Photochemical Assessment Monitoring, located on Rutgers Horticulture Research Farm 3 in East Brunswick, N.J. Wednesday, September, 11, 2024.

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 ...