Air Pollution

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps; this study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.

• By Tom Jacobs

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Public-health advocates say the changes are dangerous to human health.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research links air pollution to higher levels of crime and other unethical acts.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new study uncovers an underappreciated source of air pollution in the Golden State: fertilized soil.

• By Francie Diep

The suit claims that sources of air pollution located within Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia are contributing to smog in New York and Connecticut.

• By Candace Butera

In New Delhi, a group of runners used an assortment of gear to run a race through an air quality crisis that blanketed the city in smog.

• By Ashish Malhotra

Each time the electricity powers off in Kathmandu, thousands of diesel generators rumble to life, spewing noxious particulate matter, or PM2.5.

• By Abby Seiff

As cities try to control their air pollution with driving bans, research finds citizens react by buying more cars, watching more television, and, sometimes, by driving less and contributing to lower pollution in their towns.

• By Francie Diep

Serious crimes are more likely to occur in neighborhoods downwind of air pollution, according to a new study.

• By Madeleine Thomas

New research finds air pollution levels are higher in states with Republican governors.

• By Tom Jacobs

Models suggest atmospheric aerosol concentrations will increase as the temperatures keep climbing—and that's bad news for your lungs.

• By Nathan Collins

A study suggests regular pedestrian and cycling events temporarily improve air quality in surrounding areas.

• By Nathan Collins

U.S. regulators are now dinging Volkswagen for cheating on nitrogen oxides emissions tests. Data shows that officials are right to be upset.

• By Francie Diep

Researchers argue that reducing fine particulate matter from forest fires, cars, and coal-fueled power plants is worth it, even if the levels are already low.

• By Nathan Collins

The Chinese government's pollution-cutting efforts for the 2008 Olympics improved birth weights in the city, a new study finds.

• By Francie Diep

Armed conflict and economic recession in the Middle East brought an unexpected decline in air pollution, researchers say.

• By Nathan Collins

So you finally made it to the top of the mountain. Enjoy the air up there.

• By Francie Diep

By air or water, pollution from power plants is a problem no matter which exit it takes.

• By Rachel Cernansky

A panic over renewable energy and billions in subsidies turned the world’s biggest carbon emitter into the world’s largest solar panel maker nearly overnight—but that doesn't mean those panels were put to use.

• By Yingzhi Yang

New Spanish research finds young brains develop faster if kids have more exposure to the natural world.

• By Tom Jacobs

The current EPA restrictions on air pollution levels aren't low enough to protect people from the harmful effects of air pollution.

• By Kate Wheeling

More warming in the atmosphere means more stagnant days—and that means worse air pollution.

• By John Upton