Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk through a hazy Central Park in New York on June 7, 2023 after smoke from Canada's wildfires engulfed the Northeast.

The Air Quality Index is a scale used for daily reporting of how clean or polluted the air is, and what health effects might ...

As worsening air quality and wildfire events increasingly impact communities worldwide, a study recognized by the American ...

It may sound counterintuitive, but new research suggests that cleaning up air pollution could contribute to a weakening of ...

Fine particles (PM₂.₅) were associated with around 79,000 preventable deaths, followed by nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ozone (O₃) ...

New research by a collaboration of UK‑based scientists has revealed that common indoor and outdoor air pollutants can alter ...

Residents in Grimes County are voicing concerns about the potential health impacts of large data centers proposed for the ...

Winter is respiratory illness season in Arizona. Large numbers of patients are showing up at our local emergency departments coughing, wheezing and gasping for air. Viruses, bacteria and fungi cause ...

Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth's atmosphere.

In a bad mood, but don’t know why? Air pollution could be the answer, a new study reveals. The researchers dubbed this finding, “affective sensitivity to air pollution.” The study relied on repeated ...