Air pollution has been convincingly linked to respiratory illnesses, while run-off from industries has not only diminished ...

Researchers argue that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) may affect cognitive function and intelligence, potentially causing large population-level losses in global IQ. Using ...

Pollution, in its various forms, impacts the air, water and soil and has become a major driver of climate change and global warming. Humans are the leading contributor to pollution. The most ...

Air pollution silently reduces global cognitive potential, driving inequality and threatening brain health across all generations.

Short-term surges in air pollution in New Jersey from the 2023 Canadian wildfires were associated with a higher stroke rate and more serious strokes, according to a preliminary study to be presented ...

In a review article published in the journal Science, the authors discuss the health effects of air pollution and challenges associated with monitoring population exposure to air pollution, ...

A combination of reduced aerosol pollution and global warming have resulted in increasing levels of solar radiation across ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

China is cleaning up its sulfur pollution, but the drop in airborne particles is revealing additional warming that concerns scientists.

Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons. Human air pollution, a new study from Max-Planck Institute researchers ...