Air Quality
Tracking the impacts to air quality from wildfire smoke to air pollution, and what we can do about it.
The latest in Air Quality
Canada’s fire season is especially bad, and it could lead to smoke drifting southward for the rest of the summer.
8 things you should know about the number that measures bad air.
Young children, older adults, and people with preexisting conditions face the highest risks.
Air pollution may be the most dangerous element of the massive fires.
Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.
An accumulating body of research suggests gas stoves are a health risk.
Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting black and brown communities in New York and elsewhere. Air pollution seems to be one reason why.
Preliminary data suggests fine particulates can explain variances in Covid-19 death rates and racial disparities.
$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.
The policy behind the pollution.
A policy to conserve water led to the rise of a major source of air pollution, making breathing Delhi’s air as bad as smoking 50 cigarettes.
The Trump administration is making a bad problem worse.
Poor air quality can harm millions and take years off lifespans. Dust and wildfire smoke are major contributors.
The increase might be due to overly lax policies from both Trump and Obama.
How improving air quality could add years to people’s lives around the world.
Satellite data plus artificial intelligence equals no place to hide.
Fine particulates are, if anything, massively under-regulated.
The air is getting more dangerous to breathe all over the world — and a suite of companies are hoping to capitalize with a new fashion item.
An enormous area of California has smoke-polluted air.
Major wildfires are delivering choking haze to much of the western United States.
The EPA says its reading of the Clean Air Act means polluters can be held to lower standards.
Breathing in the Indian capital this month was like smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
Particulates from smoke have drastically impacted air quality in areas of several states.
And the US has much cleaner air than Western Europe.
Starting Tuesday, all cars in Mexico City will be banned from driving one day a week.
Increasingly, research suggests a link between dirty air and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
A new study finds that excess air pollution in India is shortening the lives of 660 million people by 3.2 years on average.
It now kills 4 million people each year — more than malaria and AIDS combined.
If you live in a large Indian city, your lungs are taking in dangerous levels of air pollution on a daily basis.
The US has made a ton of progress in the last few decades — but air pollution is still with us.
The World Health Organization finds that indoor and outdoor air pollution are now one of the leading causes of death worldwide.