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An employee works inside the Century Textiles and Industries Ltd textile mill in Gujarat, India, on October 22, 2009.

The Pollution Market: An Auction for Better Air Quality in West India

by Sushmita Pathak

An experiment using emission trading schemes between factories offers an alternative fix for industrial air pollution

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A man overlooks Cañón del Río Blanco.

Microplastics Above Mexico: A High-Altitude Search for Pollution

by William McCarthy, Jacob Bartz, Thomas Copeland, Simon Birk, Dimitri Deheyn

Students collect saliva samples at 18,500 feet to uncover how microplastics in the atmosphere could harm health

Members of a CalFire crew work to mop up hotspots from the burn scar of the Palisades Fire near Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2025.
Aging

Searching for Elderly Patients After the Los Angeles Wildfires

by Indira Subramanian

A UCLA neurologist describes the struggle to reach socially and physically isolated patients months after the wildfires

Household air pollution persists in Africa and Asia
Environment

Where Household Air Pollution Causes the Most Harm

by Fiona Bennitt, Michael Brauer

According to a new study, exposure to household air pollution remains a leading risk factor for disease and early death

Climate change drives deadlier wildfires
Environment

California's Wildfires Demand Action

by Alice C. Hill, Priyanka Mahat

The January 2025 Los Angeles fires reveal the damaging health consequences of climate-charged hazards

Poor Air Quality in Africa
Environment

Tackling Air Pollution in Africa With Data

by Christi Chester Schroeder

Access to real-time air quality data could address the growing dangers of outdoor air pollution in Africa

Flames reach upwards along the edge of a wildfire as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada June 12, 2023.
Urbanization

Connecting the Dots Between Climate and Air Quality

by Angel Hsu

Connecting the dots between climate and air quality

Dozens of seagulls swoop down to grab food from people in a small boat on the Yamuna River, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 18, 2021.
Environment

India's Pollution Problem

India's former secretary for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare talks smog and health