The past several years have been marked by an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in the western United ...

Researchers are increasingly worried about the twin health hazards of extreme heat and pollution, which can amplify each other.

The air we breathe is a mixture of different gases made up of 78.1% (by volume) nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.04% ...

Chevron continues to clean up toxic chemicals spewed into the air, soil and water after an oil and gas well in Weld County blew out in April due to equipment-installation failures.

For instance, the annual average value of PM10 on Mysuru Road in 2012-13 was recorded at 169 µg/m³. Now, the level of this harmful air pollutant is 53 µg/m3, which is also below the national ...

Wildfire smoke spreading throughout northwestern Ontario has prompted closures and event cancellations on Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has issued an air quality alert for New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties as the massive wildfire the in Ocean County, N.J. continues to spread.

Oreskes: “There have been debates both in Congress and in the courts about whether or not the Clean Air Act applies to carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases.” So her team reviewed government ...

Bringing together cutting-edge research on quantification of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, their interactions with the climate system, and the implications for policy and decision ...

Despite this, Europeans remain exposed to air pollutant concentrations well above recommended World Health Organization (WHO) levels, with nearly 240,000 deaths attributed annually to the issue.

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study links an air pollutant to an increased risk of head and neck cancers. Poor air quality is already linked to increased health risks, according to the National Institute of ...