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The reduction in coal dust pollution is expected to be significant, about 80% of current levels, and the monitoring will ...

Climate change is making air quality worse in many parts of the world. Rising temperatures increase ground-level ozone and ...

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Air pollution is responsible for 8 million deaths a year globally, which is as many as tobacco. And air pollution isn't just causing lung cancer, it may cause other cancers too—including neck cancer ...

Dirty air is a long-standing problem at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but data released this month show just how bad things got in 2021. A pandemic-induced surge in consumer sales, ...

A number of recent studies have drawn stronger connections between air pollution and serious health problems than previously understood, but there are several methods experts recommend individuals and ...

We can’t always see the consequences of air pollution around us, but it’s costing us years off our lives. According to a new Air Quality Life Index report from the Energy Policy Institute at the ...

Thermal pollution is a rapid change in temperature in a natural body of water. This pollution is most often caused by heated discharge from an industrial facility or another human activity. Thermal ...

Soil pollution refers to the dangerously high concentrations of contaminants in soil. While contaminants such as metals, inorganic ions, salts, and organic compounds naturally occur in soils, these ...

Satellites haven’t been able to pick up on growing light pollution from LEDs. Satellites haven’t been able to pick up on growing light pollution from LEDs. is a senior science reporter covering energy ...