Lung cancer in people who have never smoked is rising, and figures show China is at particular risk of air pollution-related cancer Despite drops in tobacco use worldwide, the incidence of lung cancer ...

The map pulls data from air monitors, hundreds of pollution sensors, and forecast models to provide real-time air quality index (AQI) readings for more than 1,000 locations. Los Angeles’ air ...

Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km – almost a fifth of China's land area. As China’s economy has developed, pollution in the Yangtze and its lakes has multiplied – particularly from ...

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The instrument was launched on NASA climate satellite PACE a year ago and its measurements have now resulted in the first worldwide fine particulate pollution map in 10 years. Fine particulates, or ...

“We do not have the level of air pollution you see in China or India and because it is mostly invisible today people tend to forget about air pollution and we get complacent,” Landrigan said. “We hope ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Critics of Trump's decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign funding are worried that the move is making space for China to step in as an influential superpower around the world. USAID was ...

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If China can pull off large-scale production of such a plane, it would revolutionize international air travel as we know it. Hypersonic jets would be able to move people and important goods from ...

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China’s president has been supplying his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin with advanced technologies and helping to prop up the Russian economy, and he is studying Russia’s ability to ...