The findings give new insight into the dangers of urban wildfires that burn plastics and other chemicals in homes and ...

Understanding the intricate chemical processes of the atmosphere is key to predicting and improving air quality. Among these ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits.

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, uncovering a link between lead exposure and cognitive decline. Lead exposure is ...

Montanans are witnessing an inexplicably vicious attack on the ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that the plain language of ...

On the Pic du Midi in the Pyrenees, ETH researchers have analyzed particulate matter, clouds and rainwater for traces of ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has significantly reduced the import tax on air purifiers, as announced in a gazette notification issued today (20 January). Experts, however, argue that the tax ...

New research suggests that lead pollution from ancient Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the Empire.