Every autumn Victoria copes with smoke haze from planned burns that reduce bushfire risk, but a large part of that pollution actually comes from industrial logging activity.
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New research is spotlighting personal care products, such as shampoos and skin lotions, as a significant source of chemicals that contribute to urban air pollution.
Fountains of lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are dramatic, but the most deadly impacts of volcanic eruptions are toxic gases and ash and mud flows.
According to one study, more than 8 million people per year die early from air pollution exposure.
Pollutants can increase stress levels, which in turn affects judgment and makes some people more likely to commit crime.
Study finds that coal pollution in China is leading to people getting significant levels of mercury poisoning from rice.
Earth’s ozone layer shields us from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Nations have been working to reduce ozone-depleting chemicals since the 1980s, but recent studies show that there is still work to do.
Air pollution could be the next battleground between California and the Trump administration, which is reviewing the Golden State’s special legal authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.
When present in the lowest atmospheric layer, ozone becomes a concern for human and plant health.
Environmental and health groups have called for the creation of a non-political federal agency with the power to rule on pollution levels - much like the Reserve Bank does for interest rates.
There is a rapid shift in production of electric cars all over the world. But how will it benefit ordinary people?
Most Americans don’t want incinerators in their neighborhoods, so waste management companies are burning trash in other facilities such as cement kilns. Is this a sustainable way to deal with garbage?
Free public transport could be one way to get more people to ditch the car.
A surprising study published in Science found that as fuel emissions drop, consumer products are playing a larger role in air pollution.
An analysis of air pollutants from Texas shows how significant – and largely underregulated – the category of ‘excess’ emissions is across the US.
New York soon may charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public transit. An urban scholar says this step is overdue in the United States.
China has built a skyscraper-sized purification tower. But it will only clean perhaps 0.01% of the air in the ‘atmospheric box’ sat over a city.
Our health depends on the quality of air indoors, where most of us spend 90% of our time. The easiest solution is to open a window, but what if that’s not an option?
The beneficial effects of walking are reduced by the detrimental effects of inhaling polluted air.
While India struggles for answers to its urban air pollution crisis, Beijing is moving forward with strong resolve and effective policy.
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Adelaide University
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University and the South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. Affiliate, Centre for Safe Air., UNSW
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Researcher, The University of Queensland