A study shows harm in short-term exposures and proposes a particulate threshold that could influence air quality alerts.

Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than irritating our lungs. A new study links long-term exposure to PM2.5 to a ...

An analysis of nearly 28 million Medicare beneficiaries indicates that long-term exposure to air pollution is a risk factor ...

Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a ...

The researchers found that air pollution not only led to increased deaths, but it also had other negative impacts, from ...

Head and Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Chair Professor in Policy Studies at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi University of Toronto provides funding as a ...

Thick plantings of particulate-guzzling-and pollution blocking trees are coming to West Oakland next month. The Prescott Greening project — which has been in the works for over a decade — is finally ...

EPA is working on repealing major air‑pollution rules for fossil‑fuel power plants, including weakening protections against mercury and other toxic emissions.

Farmworker Rajendra Kamble points to the white-tiled floor of his house whenever someone asks about his worsening health. By evening, the tiles turn grey with soot from the burning of agricultural ...

The primary pollutant in Milwaukee on Monday is PM2.5, which can be caused by wildfire smoke, vehicles and power plants.

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket ...

Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.