A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too.
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Switching to a plant-based diet could save lives.
Reducing air pollution is one of the best investments for Australians’ health, the environment, the economy and social equity. But achieving cleaner air requires a new approach from government.
The notion that wildfire smoke is ‘natural,’ and therefore less harmful than other types of air pollution, is not supported by the evidence. Wildfire smoke has been linked to adverse health effects.
Air pollution accounts for many deaths in Africa yearly. However, this may change if people learn to protect themselves and hold their leaders accountable.
New research finds that some common houseplants take in nutrients from outside the soil.
Some air-cleaning devices release pollutants such as ozone and nitrogen oxides.
When it comes to reducing the spread of COVID, ventilation is often an afterthought. But cleaner air needs to be front and centre of our COVID mitigation strategy. Here’s why.
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
Addressing environmental racism in Canada is not only a matter of justice, but also of meeting Canada’s human rights obligations
Molina, who died on Oct. 8, ‘thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.’ His research on man-made depletion of the ozone layer won the 1995 Nobel Prize.
Children are the future, so why don’t we listen to them more often?
Daily routine affects how much polluted air we breathe.
The beneficial effects of walking are reduced by the detrimental effects of inhaling polluted air.
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Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), Queensland University of Technology
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Air Quality Policy Researcher at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Research Associate, UCL
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Interim CEO/President of MIRARCO, Laurentian University
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PhD Researcher in Urban Planning, Newcastle University
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Researcher and Advanced Trainee in Public Health Medicine, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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PhD student, Monash University
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Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Indoor Air Chemistry, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher on Environment and Health, University of Oxford
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis
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Knowledge Broker, Centre for Safe Air (NHMRC CRE), and Adjunct Researcher, Media School, University of Tasmania
