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Orangutans are vocal animals, so analyzing their calls during events like wildfires can indicate how smoke is affecting their health.
One day we’ll look back in amazement that wood heaters were once tolerated in cities right next to houses, schools and hospitals.
Fires in Canada have sent smoke across several US states, leaving cities including New York, Chicago and Denver with some of the worst air quality in the world – even far from the flames.
Be prepared. Download an air quality app, stock up on respirators and stay inside if you can.
As California goes on regulating air pollution, other states often follow – including the Golden State’s ambitious goals for cleaning up emissions from trucking.
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.
Fine particles in air pollution contribute to the deaths of 36,000 people each year in the UK.
Poor indoor air on tribal lands can cause a range of respiratory illnesses, including viral infections. Here’s how people are fixing the problem while preserving traditional ways.
Australia has a lot of work to do to overcome the challenges facing electric vehicles users, starting with the lack of a comprehensive national charging network.
Thousands of chemical compounds in wildfire smoke are interacting with each other and sunlight as the smoke travels. For people downwind, it can become more toxic over time.
Studies demonstrate that vehicular emissions are a huge pollution source in Nairobi.
Air pollution can weaken people’s respiratory, immune and cardiovascular systems, leaving them more vulnerable when they get COVID-19.
Staff and customers with underlying health conditions are likely to be most at risk at drive-through windows.
Wildfires blanketing several Western cities are creating hazardous health conditions. Don’t count on cloth masks to protect your lungs.
A new study shows that while fine particle air pollution has declined nationwide over the past 40 years, the health and environmental benefits haven’t been shared evenly.
From Nairobi to Los Angeles, pandemic lockdowns have cleared pollution from the skies. But those blue vistas may be temporary, and shutdowns aren’t slowing climate change.
After a 5-year review, the EPA is leaving US standards for fine particle air pollution unchanged, even though recent studies suggest that tightening them could save thousands of lives yearly.
A new study takes an innovative approach to reducing fine particle air pollution and spotlights key sources: factories that burn coal and oil, petrochemical plants and burning wood for home heating.
Pollutants like nitrogen dioxide are a silent killer, but everyone isn’t equally at risk.
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral Associate in Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
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Group Leader, Nitrogen and Integrated Assessment, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Associate Professor in Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Dean, Chair Professor of the Atmospheric Environment, City University of Hong Kong
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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