Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

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The air quality index measures PM2.5, less than 2.5 microns particles, to determine the intensity of air pollution in cities.

Scientists estimate SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 explosion may have released harmful metal oxides and nitrogen oxides into the ...

Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform ...

January, but, unfortunately, failed to reach orbit—even if the first-stage booster did safely return to the welcoming arms of ...

Reducing sulphur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found. The resulting additional future release of 20-34 ...

Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice ... Wildfire Smoke Can Carry ...

The advisories impact large areas of Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington, lasting through the end of January.

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

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 ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...