Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

New report by Boston College researchers and colleagues from The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health follows up on landmark 2018 study Pollution continues to kill approximately 9 million people ...

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Dec. 18, 2024 — Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other ...

Engineers are developing engines for vehicles that are more efficient. This means that the engine uses less fuel and so produces less air pollution.

A 2023 global heat spike was partly due to reduced sulfate emissions from shipping, which decreased cloud cover and raised ...

Jan. 16, 2025 — DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar.

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UNEP executive director Inger Andersen said the agreement “marks a triumph by planet earth over single-use ... us towards a future with no plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.