Latest about Air pollution
Iceland volcano: Gigantic plume of toxic gas from latest eruption is moving across Europe, satellite data shows
A massive column of sulfur dioxide that was pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is currently traveling across northern Europe. Scientists are concerned it could impact the ozone layer.
Volunteers inhale air pollutants to unpack link to dementia
Volunteers in the U.K. are inhaling pollutants to help scientists understand why air pollution has long been linked to dementia.
What are the most polluted cities in the world?
Cities like Lahore, Pakistan, Hotan China and Delhi, India have consistently poor air quality, but it's impossible to accurately identify the city with the world's worst air pollution.
Pollution facts and types of pollution
The different ways that the environment gets contaminated.
Even brief exposure to diesel fumes alters activity in key brain network, study finds
An experimental study suggests that diesel fumes might disrupt the brain's typical pattern of activity.
Monet and Turner's atmospheric landscapes actually depicted air pollution, new study finds
Impressionist painters like Monet depicted their smog-filled surroundings in their artworks.
Placentas Are Caked in Soot from Car Exhaust. Could It Reach the Fetus?
Tissue samples probed with laser light reveal thousands of particles of black carbon in the fetal placenta.
Kids' Mental Health Risks Rise with Poor Air Quality
Higher levels of air pollution may be linked with worse mental health in children, a new study suggests.
Orange veil of dust chokes Beijing in record-breaking sandstorm
Beijing and northern China have been hit with one of the worst sandstorms in decades which has increased air pollution concentrations to dangerous levels.
Italy's coronavirus response dramatically reduces air pollution emissions, satellites show
As the world scrambles to confront the disease caused by a novel coronavirus, Italy has been forced to take such dramatic measures that the country's emissions have changed, as seen from space.
