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Air Pollution: occurs when harmful substances including particulates and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere. It may cause diseases, allergies or death of humans; it may also cause harm to other living organisms such as animals and food crops, and may damage the natural or built environment. An air pollutant is a substance in the air that can have adverse effects on humans and the ecosystem. The substance can be solid particles, liquid droplets, or gases. A pollutant can be of natural origin or man-made.
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JAN 26, 2018Earth & The Environment
Ever heard of telomeres? Reach way back to your high school biology class and remember that telomeres are special parts ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2018Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study on the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis, a team of engineering re ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Air pollution regulation has been a relative success story within the US, with major cities like LA having seen huge imp ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 05, 2017Technology
Cell phones have complex compositions that are not easily disassembled and reused.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2017Technology
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the process of changing the makeup of clouds to help them reflect more sunlight away f ...Written By: Julia TraversOCT 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
What would you say are the leading causes of death globally? Would you say hunger? Or water-borne diseases? Heart attack ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Just how far are we from the world of hydrogen-powered transportation? The answer is obvious: pretty far. But the good n ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Healt ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 19, 2017Earth & The Environment
In an effort to better understand pockets of urban air pollution in California’s West Oakland, Google Street View ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 05, 2017Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the ...SEP 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 19, 2017Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions ...AUG 16, 2017Videos
It's a fact that trees can absorb CO2 from the air and mitigate the impact of air pollution, but in many large cities th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2017Videos
Iran's village of Nashtifan in the northeast part of the country boasts a technological marvel: ancient windmills that h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2017Videos
In terms of wine and flowers, it can be said that "the nose knows." Now there's another area in which the sense of smell ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 24, 2017Videos
It's raining acid? Acid rain refers to precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain (which itself has a pH of 6, s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Ever heard of telomeres? Reach way back to your high school biology class and remember that telomeres are special parts
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study on the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis, a team of engineering re
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Air pollution regulation has been a relative success story within the US, with major cities like LA having seen huge imp
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 05, 2017
Technology
Cell phones have complex compositions that are not easily disassembled and reused.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You can now add osteoporosis to the long list of negative medical impacts caused by air pollution. New research publishe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2017
Technology
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the process of changing the makeup of clouds to help them reflect more sunlight away f
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
OCT 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
What would you say are the leading causes of death globally? Would you say hunger? Or water-borne diseases? Heart attack
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Just how far are we from the world of hydrogen-powered transportation? The answer is obvious: pretty far. But the good n
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Healt
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 19, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In an effort to better understand pockets of urban air pollution in California’s West Oakland, Google Street View
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 05, 2017
Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the
...
SEP 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 19, 2017
Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions
...
AUG 16, 2017
Videos
It's a fact that trees can absorb CO2 from the air and mitigate the impact of air pollution, but in many large cities th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2017
Videos
Iran's village of Nashtifan in the northeast part of the country boasts a technological marvel: ancient windmills that h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2017
Videos
In terms of wine and flowers, it can be said that "the nose knows." Now there's another area in which the sense of smell
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 24, 2017
Videos
It's raining acid? Acid rain refers to precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain (which itself has a pH of 6, s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan