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If you're a birdwatcher who hasn't made the connection between bird conservation and light-pollution, get ready. The issue is coming fast. According to the American Bird Conservancy (www.abcbirds.org) ...

More expensive cars emit lower levels of pollution—meaning that motorists owning cheaper, higher-emitting vehicles contribute disproportionately to their local urban air quality problems, a new study ...

More expensive cars emit lower levels of pollution - meaning that motorists owning cheaper, higher-emitting vehicles contribute disproportionately to their local urban air quality problems, a new ...

The impact of particulate matter air pollution on death and disability is on the rise worldwide, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open ...

Gases: These include nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and ground-level ozone. “These are potent oxidisers,” says Dr Mahto. “When they ...

A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found consistent increases yet variable differences in the rate of premature CVD death and disability due to particulate matter air ...

A report on air quality found year-round pollution in the Little Rock metro area is getting worse, with the average level of particle pollution, or soot, in the metro area tying for the worst in the ...

On average, a Vietnamese person dies of a respiratory disease due to exposure to air pollution every 7.5 seconds. Air pollution is worsening at an alarming rate, prompting a need for changes in ...

The Erie-Meadville metro area also dropped in national rankings for clean air. Neighboring counties, including Ashtabula and Chautauqua, experienced similar declines in air quality grades. Erie County ...