Air pollution is a global health concern, with over 90% of the world's population breathing air that exceeds World Health ...

Since 2017, the Senseable City Lab, which focuses broadly on using data to make healthier, more sustainable cities, has been working on a mobile air-pollution detector to get that granular ...

Flatburn is a low-cost, mobile air pollution detector created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers. The device can be built with low-cost parts or through 3D printing.

Particle pollution is the mix of solid and liquid droplets floating in the air, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. It can come in the form of dirt, dust, soot or smoke.

Smoke from the Green Fire and other wildfires burning in and near Shasta County are polluting the air over the North State. The Shasta County Air Quality Management District and Shasta ...

Particle pollution, also called PM2.5 or particulate matter, is the mix of solid and liquid droplets floating in the air, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. It can come in the ...

Canadian wildfire smoke polluting air across U.S. 02:12 Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in ...

In a world first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a Monash University study has found that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global ...

The research team says that, according to a Global Burden of Disease Study, outdoor air pollution—including the fine particulate matter that researchers refer to as PM 2.5 —caused over 6 ...

Air pollution in Nepal, the third most polluted country, and in Pakistan, the fourth most polluted country, shortened life expectancy there by 4.1 years and 3.8 years respectively, according to ...

The reports notes that climate change is behind the extreme weather events contributing to the higher levels of air pollution. “Increases in high ozone days and spikes in particle pollution ...

Ambassador Gertrude Angote, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to UNEP and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) during the launch of air pollution detector at Kakamega School in Kakamega ...