Australia's biggest city is facing a "public health emergency" over the bushfire smoke that has choked Sydney for weeks, leading doctors warned Monday after hospitals reported a dramatic spike in casualty department visits.
Environment
Dec 16, 2019
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A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas stream and converted into useful industrial chemicals using only water and air thanks to a new advanced material developed by an international ...
Materials Science
Nov 22, 2019
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Heavily pregnant Rachel Gokavi spends most days shut away in her New Delhi home, desperate to shield her unborn child from the toxic air blamed for soaring miscarriage rates and infant deaths.
Environment
Nov 08, 2019
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Indonesia is currently in the throes of an environmental emergency. Thousands of hectares of forest are burning across the vast country, causing toxic smoke to be released into the atmosphere. This has led to eerie apocalyptic ...
Environment
Oct 07, 2019
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Neighbors used to barely notice the drab, low-slung industrial building across the river from downtown.
Environment
Aug 05, 2019
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A top Indian minister has made an ambitious promise that the government will clean New Delhi's toxic air in the next three years.
Environment
May 10, 2019
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NUS biologists have discovered that haze affects the survival and development of butterflies, which could have an adverse impact on our environment.
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2019
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Environmental activists scaled a huge billboard in Indonesia's capital on Tuesday to highlight toxic air pollution they say poses a danger to residents and athletes competing in the Asian Games.
Environment
Aug 21, 2018
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Toxic air pollution is a serious side effect of rapid economic development in China. While it is widely recognized that air pollutants adversely affect human health and climate change, their impacts on the regional carbon ...
Environment
May 18, 2017
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The British government published long-awaited plans to tackle air pollution on Friday, but campaigners condemned them as inadequate to tackle a growing public health concern.
Environment
May 05, 2017
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