Delhi faced severe smog on Monday, with AQI hitting 498, marking the city's most polluted day this winter. Residents reported ...

The term "noise pollution" refers to unwanted or annoying sounds that happen around you. Machinery, amplified music, noisy vehicles, and other things can cause it. If it's loud or long-lasting, noise ...

Noise pollution is bad for humans and awful for wildlife. Here's what it is, how it affects animals, and how you can help. As a journalist, Gabriella Sotelo covers the environment, climate change, and ...

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Soil pollution refers to the dangerously high concentrations of contaminants in soil. While contaminants such as metals, inorganic ions, salts, and organic compounds naturally occur in soils, these ...

Aside from flaring and smokestacks, air pollution can be hard to picture. A new tool from a nonprofit climate coalition spearheaded by former Vice President Al Gore aims to help Louisiana residents ...

In 2012, Deborah Cory-Slechta at the University of Rochester, New York, received a “bucket of brains”. A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts and lungs ...

Clouds of black smoke hanging over La Porte and Deer Park were visible for miles Monday after a fire erupted from a natural gas liquids pipeline, sparking fears about air pollution spewing from the ...

Cities like Lahore, Pakistan, Hotan China and Delhi, India have consistently poor air quality, but it's impossible to accurately identify the city with the world's worst air pollution. When you ...

When the AQI shoots up, and the sky turns a dusty grey, most people begin to worry about their commute, their skin, or the day’s visibility. What they rarely consider is this: should they still be ...

Calderón-Garcidueñas, today head of the Environmental Neuroprevention Laboratory at the University of Montana, points out that the damaged brains she documented through neuroimaging in young dogs and ...

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