Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years
Levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their…
Experts say extreme weather including droughts will become more common as planet heats.
Recent sandstorms that shrouded Beijing in a post-apocalyptic orange haze and intensive droughts in other…
Beijing skies turned yellow Monday as air pollution reached hazardous levels after the worst sandstorm in a decade coincided with an industrial boom following last year's COVID lockdown.
A very recent original research article of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Lab (#ReSEL) is now published in “Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects”(Taylor…
Exclusive: Research ‘adds to growing evidence about the co-benefits of responding to climate change and air pollution together’, a scientist tells The Independent.
Air pollution from Europe’s coal…
While Covid ravaged across the world, air pollution killed about three times as many people. We must fight the climate crisis with the same urgency with which we confronted coronavirus.
Exclusive: documents seen by Guardian show companies fought clean-air rules despite being aware of harm caused by air pollution.
The oil industry knew at least 50 years ago that air pollution from…
Exclusive: Roads make up 1% of the country but the pollution produced may harm wildlife everywhere.
Pollution from roads affects virtually every part of Great Britain, with 94% of land having some…
A group of teenagers, living in some of London's most polluted communities, are posting roadsigns highlighting the disproportionate impact air pollution has on people of color.
Stark findings come at ‘critical moment’ for global climate action, the study’s lead author tells The Independent.
Global emissions cuts pre-Covid were just one tenth of the level needed to meet the…
Bushy variety of cotoneaster works best in areas of heavy traffic, say researchers, while other plants can cool buildings or reduce flooding.
Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” that…
A panel of 23 citizens from Tees Valley and County Durham also said the UK’s journey to net zero should ‘increase equality in society’.
The UK’s biggest emitters should be made to pay carbon taxes…
Exclusive: With 30% of infertility unexplained, pollution could be an ‘unignorable’ risk factor, scientists say
Exposure to air pollution significantly increases the risk of infertility, according…
Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2021 – PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 160,000 deaths in the world’s five most populous cities in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis…
Cross-party committee says deprived groups contribute least but suffer most from dirty air.
The government must set tough new air pollution targets to reduce the stark health inequalities suffered…
Large UK study found small pollution rise associated with more cases of age-related macular degeneration.
Small increases in air pollution are linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss…
Grim milestone to come as humans continue to drive emissions through burning fossil fuels and deforestation
Atmospheric CO2 will hit a level this year that is 50 per cent higher than before the…