Air Pollution News

Posted January 21, 2011:

• HEPA Filters Reduce Cardiovascular Health Risks Associated With Air Pollution, Study Finds

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Findings on Pollution Damage to Human Airways Could Yield New Therapies

Posted January 16, 2011:

• Smoking Causes Genetic Damage Within Minutes After Inhaling

Posted January 12, 2011:

• 'Thirdhand Smoke' May Be Bigger Health Hazard Than Previously Believed

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor for Hurricane Forecasting

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Risks Associated With Second-Hand Smoke in Cars Carrying Children
• Indoor Air Pollution: Minerals Reduce Impact of Formaldehyde in Particle Board on Indoor Air Quality

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Atmosphere's Self-Cleaning Capacity Surprisingly Stable
• Carbon Swap Bank to Beat Climate Change, Australian Researchers Propose

Posted December 28, 2010:

• New Technology Improves Greenhouse, Plant Microclimates

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Reducing Emissions from Shipping

Posted December 17, 2010:

• Proximity to Freeway Associated With Autism

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Tracking Down Particulates

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Using Chaos to Model Geophysical Phenomena

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Measuring Air-Sea Exchange of Carbon Dioxide in the Open Ocean
• Is Santa Claus Toxic Because of Toxic Food Up by the North Pole?

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Polluted Air Increases Obesity Risk in Young Animals

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Photos of Tiny Blood Vessels in the Eye Link Air Pollution to Heart Disease

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Synthetic Breath to Test Breathalyzers

Posted November 25, 2010:

• The Impact of Mining in Bolivia
• No Link Between Mold Growth and Development of Asthma and Allergy, Scandinavian Study Finds

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Hybrid Tugboat Cuts Emissions

Posted November 9, 2010:

• New Way of Detecting Concealed Radioactive Material: Sniffing out Dirty Bombs Via Electromagnetic Breakdown of Air

Posted November 2, 2010:

• Phenomenal Fabric: How Can a Cloth Clean Up Toxic Waste?

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Predicting Smoggiest Days: Experiments Improve Accuracy of Ozone Predictions in Air-Quality Models

Posted October 25, 2010:

• As Arctic Warms, Increased Shipping Likely to Accelerate Climate Change
• Global Warming to Bring More Intense Storms to Northern Hemisphere in Winter and Southern Hemisphere Year Round

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Plants Play Larger Role Than Thought in Cleaning Up Air Pollution, Research Shows

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Disease in Rural China Linked to Polluted Coal
• Air Pollution Exposure Increases Risk of Severe COPD
• Everyday Substances Increase Risk of Allergies in Children, Swedish Study Reveals

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Charcoal Biofilter Cleans Up Fertilizer Waste Gases

Posted October 8, 2010:

• Measurements of CO₂ and CO in China's Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Air Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer, Study Suggests

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Air Pollution Alters Immune Function, Worsens Asthma Symptoms, Study Finds

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Toxic Pollution Falling on Puget Sound, Washington State, US, Much Less Than Expected

Posted September 29, 2010:

• Strong Link Between Diabetes and Air Pollution Found in National U.S. Study

Posted September 23, 2010:

• New Map Offers a Global View of Health-Sapping Air Pollution

Posted September 21, 2010:

• Lakes on Saturn's Moon Titan Filled With Liquid Hydrocarbons Like Ethane and Methane, Not Water

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Smartphone App Measures Particulate Air Pollution
• Pollution Takes Its Toll on the Heart

Posted September 16, 2010:

• 'Archeologists of the Air' Isolate Pristine Aerosol Particles in the Amazon
• NASA Data Track Seasonal Pollution Changes Over India

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Satellites Search for 770m Tons of Dust in the Air

Posted September 10, 2010:

• The Precious Commodity of Water

Posted September 9, 2010:

• 'Tractor Beam' One Step Closer to Reality: Laser Moves Small Particles

Posted September 8, 2010:

• House-Sharing With Microbes
• Satellite Data Reveal Seasonal Pollution Changes Over India

Posted September 7, 2010:

• New Method for Infrared Remote Sensing to Analyze Traffic Pollution

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Ozone Depletion: Paving the Way for Identification of Rogue CFC Release

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