Air Pollution News

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Unmanned Aircraft To Study Southern California Smog And Its Consequences
• Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact Air Quality As Far As Germany

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Mercury Levels From Products Decreasing, Though Still At Dangerous Levels
• Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air

Posted May 5, 2008:

• Free Radical Link Suggested Between Pollution And Asthma

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Link Between Ozone Air Pollution And Premature Death Confirmed

Posted April 17, 2008:

• Air Pollution Affects Respiratory Health In Children With Asthma, Study Shows

Posted April 16, 2008:

• Excess Pneumonia Deaths Linked To Engine Exhaust, Study Suggests

Posted April 14, 2008:

• Sea Salt Worsens Coastal Air Pollution

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Absence Of Clouds Caused Pre-human Supergreenhouse Periods
• Flowers' Fragrance Diminished By Air Pollution, Study Indicates

Posted April 10, 2008:

• Traffic Exhaust Can Cause Asthma, Allergies And Impaired Respiratory Function In Children

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Why Is Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted? NOAA Probing Arctic Pollution

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Airborne Study Of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution Launched

Posted April 2, 2008:

• Flameless Combustion Could Allow Power Generation From Gas Without Pollution, Researchers Suggest

Posted March 29, 2008:

• Despite Awareness Of Global Warming Americans Concerned More About Local Environment

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-mining Pollution, Study Shows

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Chemists Find New Important Contributor To Urban Smog

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Black Carbon Pollution Emerges As Major Player In Global Warming

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Arctic Pollution's Surprising History: Explorers Saw Particulate Haze In Late 1800s

Posted March 18, 2008:

• Pollution Visible From East Asia To North America In New Satellite Image

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Clean Diesel Possible With New Diesel Particulate Filter Technology

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Diesel Exhaust Inhalation Stresses Your Brain

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Stratospheric Ozone Chemistry Plays An Important Role For Atmospheric Airflow Patterns

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Carbon Dioxide Tied To Air Pollution Mortality

Posted February 26, 2008:

• Easing Concerns About Pollution From Manufacture Of Solar Cells

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Impacts Of Fossil Fuels On Fish And People

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Cloud Chemistry Concocts Aerosols

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Satellite Data To Deliver 'State-of-the-art' Air Quality Information In Europe

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Nitrogen Pollution Boosts Plant Growth In Tropics By 20 Percent

Posted February 10, 2008:

• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Trigger Huge Plankton Blooms In Eastern Atlantic

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Air Pollution May Be Causing More Rainy Summer Days In The Southeast US

Posted February 1, 2008:

• Keeping The Dust Down When Separating The Chaff From The Nuts

Posted January 29, 2008:

• Heat Pumps 'Go With The Flow' To Boost Output

Posted January 22, 2008:

• How Ultrafine Particles In Air Pollution May Cause Heart Disease
• Europe Should Adopt WHO Recommendations For Particulate Matter Cuts, Experts Urge

Posted January 17, 2008:

• Some Wood Floor Finishes Are A Likely Source Of PCB Exposure

Posted January 15, 2008:

• Fighting Pollution The Poplar Way: Trees To Clean Up Indiana Site
• Heavy Metal Slips Down UK Air Quality Charts

Posted January 10, 2008:

• Air Pollution Shrinks Fetus Size, Study Suggests
• Alarming Levels Of Mercury And Arsenic Found In Chinese Freshwater Ecosystem

Posted January 4, 2008:

• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Linked To Human Mortality

Posted December 19, 2007:

• Catching Polluters Made Easier With NASA Satellite Data
• Air Quality Forecasts See Future In Space

Posted December 14, 2007:

• Tiny Dust Particles From Asian Deserts Common Over Western United States
• Engineer Develops Laser Technologies To Analyze Combustion, Biofuels

Posted December 2, 2007:

• Expected Drop In Nitrogen Deposition May Hamper Kyoto Targets

Posted November 23, 2007:

• Don't Judge A Brook By Its Color -- Brown Waters Are More Natural

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