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As the UK moves toward the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles, Freedom of Information data has highlighted striking differences in electric vehicle uptake across local authority fleets. The data, acquired by Geotab, shows that...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Narrow streets in city centres, hemmed in by tall buildings, may be acting as traps for pollution and contributing to poor air quality, according to new research. A study by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) found that streets narrower...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Campaigners in Australia’s capital have expressed shock following the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government’s apparent backflip on its 2023 commitment to phase out wood heaters in suburban areas. During a recent sitting of the...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an "optical sieve" test strip viewed under a...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Barrels dumped off Southern California decades ago have been found leaking alkaline waste, not just DDT, leaving behind eerie white halos and transforming parts of the seafloor into toxic vents. The findings reveal a persistent and...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from AirQualityNews
The government has announced an extension of its ban on burning heather and grass on deep peatlands in England, in a move designed to improve air quality, cut flood risks and protect wildlife. From 30th September, the ban will cover...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Living in areas with poor air quality could make Alzheimer’s disease progress faster, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study is the first to link air pollution directly...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Over 12,500 streets across the UK have now been flagged by drivers as urgently needing on-street EV charging, according to new figures from Vauxhall’s Electric Streets of Britain campaign. Launched in August 2023, the initiative was...Monday, September 8, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Clean Air in London (CAL) has renewed its call for tougher action on air pollution after new evidence revealed widespread breaches of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) limits across the UK. The campaign group is demanding that the Office for...Monday, September 8, 2025 from AirQualityNews
A two-year education programme has reached thousands of young people and families in Reading with a message about tackling air pollution. The Clean Air Living Matters: Exploring Reading (CALM:ER) initiative engaged around 9,000 pupils...Monday, September 8, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Demand for air cleaners surged during the COVID-19 pandemic but while designed to improve air quality, some air cleaners can also generate unwanted by-products that may be harmful in large amounts. To address this, the National...Friday, September 5, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable efficiency. Instead of ending up as microplastics in the environment, discarded bottles and textiles could...Wednesday, September 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the world recycles plastic. Instead of requiring tedious sorting, the catalyst selectively breaks down stubborn...Wednesday, September 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Snowfall shortages are now destabilizing some of the world’s last resilient glaciers, as shown by a new study in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains. Using a monitoring station on Kyzylsu Glacier, researchers discovered that stability ended...Thursday, August 28, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This finding bridges the “RNA world” and...Friday, August 22, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
As the ozone layer recovers, it’s also intensifying global warming. Researchers predict that by 2050, ozone will rank just behind carbon dioxide as a driver of heating, offsetting many of the benefits from banning CFCs.Sunday, August 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature is difficult, however. UC Berkeley...Sunday, August 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Rising CO₂ levels will make the upper atmosphere colder and thinner, altering how geomagnetic storms impact satellites. Future storms could cause sharper density spikes despite lower overall density, increasing drag-related challenges.Sunday, July 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Air pollution isn't just bad for your lungs—it may be eroding your brain. In a sweeping review covering nearly 30 million people, researchers found that common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide, and soot are all linked to a...Thursday, July 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
What would happen if a nuclear war triggered a climate-altering catastrophe? Researchers have modeled how such a scenario could devastate global corn crops cutting production by as much as 87% due to blocked sunlight and increased UV-B...Wednesday, July 23, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Imagine concrete that not only survives wildfires and extreme weather, but heals itself and absorbs carbon from the air. Scientists at USC have created an AI model called Allegro-FM that simulates billions of atoms at once, helping...Thursday, July 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Dogs trained by everyday pet owners are proving to be surprisingly powerful allies in the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly. In a groundbreaking study, citizen scientists taught their dogs to sniff out the pests’ hard-to-spot...Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
An ancient glacier high in the French Alps has revealed the oldest known ice in Western Europe—dating back over 12,000 years to the last Ice Age. This frozen archive, meticulously analyzed by scientists, captures a complete chemical and...Saturday, July 12, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the Arctic, two distinct polar vortex patterns — both distorted and displaced — play a major role in steering icy air...Thursday, July 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs of scarring in their heart muscle, which can...Monday, June 30, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Smoke from wildfires and structural fires doesn t just irritate lungs it actually changes your immune system. Harvard scientists found that even healthy people exposed to smoke showed signs of immune system activation, genetic changes...Monday, June 30, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally set, controlled fires—can significantly lessen their impact. By analyzing satellite data and smoke emissions,...Saturday, June 28, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing nearly two inches of elevation per year, threatening the...Friday, June 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of e-waste. By using a compound normally found in pool disinfectants and a novel polymer that...Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Over 300 million years ago, Earth experienced powerful bursts of carbon dioxide from natural sources—like massive volcanic eruptions—that triggered dramatic drops in ocean oxygen levels. These ancient "carbon burps" led to dangerous...Sunday, June 22, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A Rice University team discovered that bubbling CO₂ through a mild acid dramatically improves the lifespan and efficiency of electrochemical devices that convert CO₂ into useful fuels. This simple trick prevents salt buildup—a major...Friday, June 20, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
In a twist on conventional wisdom, researchers have discovered that in ocean-like fluids with changing density, tiny porous particles can sink faster than larger ones, thanks to how they absorb salt. Using clever lab experiments with...Tuesday, June 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere's atmosphere. The team suspects these toxic compounds are entering the air...Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.Monday, June 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
California Central Valley, which is known for the agriculture that produces much of the nation's fruits, vegetables and nuts, is a major contributor to a growing dust problem that has profound implications for people's health, safety and...Monday, June 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California's largest lake at levels far higher and more frequently than previously reported.Friday, May 30, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. While the formation of ozone is often attributed to anthropogenic pollutants, soil emissions are...Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even worse in the Big Apple, find scientists.Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust events is kept out of buildings, but wildfire smoke can sneak inside if efficient 'air-side...Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope analysis from ancient South African...Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, 'green hydrogen' - hydrogen produced without emitting carbon - has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. Scientists have now developed a new iron-based catalyst that more...Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total effect won't cancel out human-generated...Thursday, May 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Lead contamination in municipal water sources is a consistent threat to public health. Ingesting even tiny amounts of lead can harm the human brain and nervous system -- especially in young children. To empower people to detect lead...Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As fires burn, they release enormous...Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A pioneering method to simulate how microscopic particles move through the air could boost efforts to combat air pollution, a study suggests.Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Most people have witnessed -- or rather smelled -- when a protein enzyme called sulfite reductase works its magic. This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reduction of sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is the rotten egg smell that...Thursday, May 22, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.Thursday, May 22, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A modeling study shows that global warming will make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
In 2022 a team discovered that high levels of OH radicals can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone. This means: People generate their own oxidation field and change the indoor air chemistry around them...Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A study has found that implementing robust air pollution control measures could mean Southeast Asian countries prevent as many as 36,000 ozone-related premature deaths each year by 2050.