air pollution

Dust being carried by the wind from the Saharan desert over the Canary Islands and Cabo Verde in January 2024European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery Dust blown from the arid expanses of the Sahara desert is…

Increased exposure to wildfire smoke is one of the most damaging effects of climate changeNasa's Earth Observatory Exposure to rising levels of wildfire smoke could lead to more than 10,000 additional deaths…

Air pollution comes from a wide range of sources. The science is clear: the previous EPA PM standard was not protective of public health, according to the American Thoracic Society (thoracic.org). A more protective annual standard…

Aerosol pollution from road vehicles can restrict plants’ capacity for photosynthesisAleksei Gorodenkov / Alamy Plants in Europe photosynthesise more at the weekend, probably because there is less pollution in the…

Planes drop water on a wildfire in British Columbia in July 2023REUTERS/Jesse Winter After months of devastating fires, Canada’s worst wildfire season worsened even further in September. In just seven days, blazes…

Cleaning surfaces can reduce the levels of polluting gases in the air inside a housePanther Media / Alamy Cleaning floors and surfaces is the most effective way to reduce a major type of air pollution from wildfires…

MIT Professor Siqi Zheng is the Samuel Tak Lee Associate Professor of Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship within MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Center for Real Estate. She is also…

Nearly 20 percent of today’s electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power…

Decarbonization of national economies will be key to achieving global net-zero emissions by 2050, a major stepping stone to the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (and ideally 1.5 C),…

  21/05/14 – Air pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated USD 3.5 trillion a year in premature deaths and ill health and the costs will rise without government action to limit…

In recent decades, China has built and expanded its cities on a scale never seen before in human history. Given the vast social, economic, and environmental changes that have resulted, it is tempting to say that…

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent…

Pollution accounted for one in six deaths three years ago, a figure that is unchanged since the last analysis in 2015…

  16/06/2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a historic blow to the Netherlands’ economy, but a swift policy response, effective support to people and firms, and a workforce with comparatively strong digital…

Today’s the day to start thinking about air quality. What can you do? Pay attention to the Air Quality Index (AQI)external icon. The AQI is a tool that tells you when high levels of air pollution are predicted and tells you how air…

Slow progress on the UK’s 25-year environment plan could lead to ecological tipping points such as collapsing fish stocks, says the…

  Despite a noticeable drop in air pollution from road transport in 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdown measures, breaches of European air quality standards remain a common occurrence across the European Union (EU), according to…

Data completeness A number of reporting countries have to date not submitted some of the most recent data. For additional information please refer to the metadata document.  Norway and Slovakia did not report data under the EU Registry…

  14/02/2018 - Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the…

By Michael Marshall Is there an upside to more Arctic ships?PearlBucknall / Alamy Stock Photo All the extra shipping traffic passing through the Arctic might have an unexpected upside:…

  22/10/2018 - The world’s consumption of raw materials is set to nearly double by 2060 as the global economy expands and living standards rise, placing twice the pressure on the environment that we are seeing…

Cities in the tropics are experiencing a growing air pollution problem, which is estimated to have led to a 62 per cent rise in…

New guidelines from the World Health Organization mean that almost everyone on the planet is now affected by harmful air pollution…

  19/02/2019 - Turkey will see its greenhouse gas emissions continue their steady rise of recent years without concrete actions to improve energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable energy sources,…

  17/06/2019 - Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen…

  The role of health systems in promoting healthier lifestyles and a greener future As the G7 economies continue their recovery from the Great Recession, the stress on their environmental resources is likely…

  20/09/2019 - Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable…

The superbug MRSA is potentially even more harmful if it is exposed to air pollution, some studies using mice and human cells suggest…