New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

Could residents of Dumaguete, touted as the safest city in the country by the World Travel Index, be breathing polluted air?

Before India significantly relaxed sulphur dioxide (SO2) emission control norms exempting a large number of coal-fired power ...

Smoke travels hundreds of miles to harm air quality far from the fire, according to the EPA’s Wildfire Smoke and Your Patient ...

The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...

In a major policy reversal, Centre exempts most coal-fired units from $30bn desulphurisation mandate, citing emissions ...

Large plumes of black smoke and flames started coming out of the smokestacks from Marathon Refinery about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, ...

Bangladesh, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, is witnessing a troubling rise in lightning-related deaths.

Exposure to severe levels of air pollution in India is linked to adverse birth outcomes, including pre-term births and low ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

Politics of disaster Using natural disasters as a political cudgel has long been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s political career. Now, Democrats are using those tactics against him, Scott ...

The research on black carbon needs to be updated as more becomes known about the aerosol, and that makes tracking wildfire ...