Canada's most important crop-producing areas—the Prairie provinces—have become hotter and drier over the last 120 years, University of Alberta research shows.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2023
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The road transport system is responsible for almost 20% of Australia's fossil fuel emissions. Transport emissions have increased nearly 60% since 1990 and Australia's per capita road transport emissions are 45% higher than ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2023
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Ozone (O3) in the troposphere negatively impacts crop growth and development, causing significant decreases in crop yield worldwide. This airborne pollutant does not come directly from smokestacks or vehicles but instead ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the impacts of air quality on high-rise living. However, apartments face a range of atmospheric challenges. These include air and noise pollution, temperature and weather extremes, bushfire ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2023
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Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year.
Environment
Nov 9, 2023
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Hidden environmental, social and health costs of agrifood systems were as much as $12 trillion globally in 2020, according to new research from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based on analysis ...
Other
Nov 7, 2023
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A new report in Nature Geoscience has brought to light the challenge of air pollution levels in Africa and why international action is needed to combat it.
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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A toxic blanket of grey smog hangs over New Delhi's monuments and high-rises. Schools have been ordered shut and construction banned. People are back to wearing masks.
Environment
Nov 7, 2023
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Authorities in India's smog-ridden capital New Delhi on Sunday extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no signs of improvement in the megacity's choking levels of pollution.
Environment
Nov 5, 2023
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In a 2019 sketch from the US late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL), the actor James McAvoy plays a Scottish air traffic controller attempting to help a US brand integration manager (Mikey Day) land a plane in distress, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2023
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