A drone equipped with low-cost air quality sensors has revealed unexpectedly high concentrations of particulate matter at ...

Prescribed burns used in farming and forestry management have long been vilified by environmental advocacy groups and some politicians. A new report released this week by researchers at Florida A&M ...

Switching from diesel to electric trains dramatically improved the air quality aboard the San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrain commuter rail line, reducing riders' exposure to the carcinogen black carbon ...

Indoor and outdoor pollutants and climate extremes have shown association with COPD exacerbations separately, but these factors also can act synergistically to increase morbidity in patients with high ...

With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As ...

Fine particulate matter consists of air-polluting particles smaller than the width of a human hair. The World Health Organization estimates about 7 million people die prematurely each year based on ...

Although at its face the results seem obvious, a recent study by [Sandrah Eckel] et al. on the impact of electric cars in California is interesting from a quantitative perspective. What percentage ...

LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 11: Downtown highrise buildings are shown cloaked in dirty air shortly after sunrise September 11, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. Although air quality in Los Angeles has ...

Indonesia’s largest environmental group reported that air quality around Surabaya’s Benowo waste-to-energy plant frequently exceeded World Health Organization safety limits, with pollution spreading ...