Air pollution
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Shanghai's 'Airpocalypse': Can China Fix Its Deadly Pollution? (Op-Ed)
By Matthew Currell published
The current emergency in Shanghai comes at the end of a year in which China’s environmental crisis reached a tipping point.
Air Pollution 'Fertilizer' Threatens National Parks
By Tia Ghose published
An influx of nitrogen-based compounds, usually from industrial agriculture, fuel exhaust and power plants, is blanketing national parks around the country, potentially disrupting their ecosystem.
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Prevent Premature Deaths
By Charles Q. Choi published
2 Million Deaths Yearly Worldwide Linked with Air Pollution
By Rachael Rettner published
Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year, according to a new study. Air pollution has been linked with heart problems such as heart and lung diseases
Air Pollution Hits Record Levels in Singapore
By Megan Gannon published
Wildfires burning on Sumatra have sent a choking haze over Singapore.
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