Around seven million people will die prematurely from air pollution annually in the future if we do not change our ways. They come from factory stacks, car exhaust pipes and cruise liner engines ...

The World Health Organization estimates that 4.6 million people die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. Many of these mortalities are attributable to indoor air pollution.

Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change? Feb. 22, 2024. Credit... Ibrahim Rayintakath. ... If you include premature deaths from the air pollution produced by the burning of fossil fuels, ...

Heat waves are primarily caused by high-pressure systems that push warm air down onto an area and hold it there. During heat ...

The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published Wednesday in ...

As people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and be especially cautious when cleaning up. Smoke, ash and all the ...

Everyone knows that air pollution is bad for health, but how bad depends a lot on who you are. People of different races and ethnicities, education levels, locations and socioeconomic situations ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a ...

The researchers analyzed the data of 3.7 million adults who resided in California and were members of Kaiser Permanente from 2007 to 2016. More than half of them were women and white.

The air pollution study, the first of its kind required under the state's Climate Commitment Act, looked at exactly how air pollution is impacting people in these 16 high-risk areas.

Exposure to air pollution is fueling fluctuations in mood among many Americans, but precisely how these emotional responses take shape varies greatly from individual to individual, a new study has ...