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As traffic slows down, research is gathering momentum.
US ozone pollution has fallen in recent decades, but exposure to low levels of ozone still has serious effects on human health and well-being.
The US government is set to make it easier for oil and gas firms to leak methane into the atmosphere.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart's ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, but over the last four centuries it has aged and darkened from pollution.
In a developed country like the UK, why can life expectancy within just a few miles differ by as much as 18 years?
US national parks protect some of America's most spectacular outdoor settings. But new research shows that ozone pollution levels in the parks are roughly as bad as in major cities.
And wildfires rage along the West Coast of North America, parents should know the impact on their children's health, and how to protect them.
Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
Daily routine affects how much polluted air we breathe.
New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.
Two air pollution experts analyse the government's plan.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to change the grounds for setting US air pollution targets. An environmental lawyer explains why Pruitt's approach misreads the law and could roll back decades of gains.
The EPA intends to limit what scientific studies can inform policy – a change long sought by industry. A long-time public health researcher explains the single study at the root of the controversy.
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.
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.
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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SEI Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Professor of Public Health; Vice president of the Statistical Society of Australia, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality & Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW
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Linda Selvey is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Director, Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance & Conjoint Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
