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Ocean waves crash, releasing water droplets into the air.
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Ocean Waves Mist Decades-Old PFAS into the Atmosphere

by Grace van Deelen 22 April 202422 April 2024

“Forever chemicals” enter the air as sea spray aerosols, polluting coastlines and beyond.

A view of Hollywood, Calif., from above on a smoggy, rainy day.
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Air Pollution Has Masked Climate Change’s Influence on U.S. Rainfall

by Katherine Bourzac 2 April 20242 April 2024

A study suggests that high levels of aerosol pollution have offset higher precipitation levels caused by a warming climate.

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A Dust-Up Over Dust Measurements

by Gabriel Filippelli 29 January 202425 January 2024

Dust has significant impacts on the environment, climate, air quality, and human health, yet dust events are underestimated and therefore do not receive the level of attention necessary.

A city street with buildings in the background barely visible through smog.
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India’s Disadvantaged Groups Face More Air Pollution

by Deepa Padmanaban 3 January 20243 January 2024

A new study investigates disparities in air pollution exposure across different socially disadvantaged groups in India.

A neighborhood covered in thick, orange smoke.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Connections Between Landscape Fires and Your Health

by Nancy French, Tatiana Loboda and Robin Puett 20 December 202322 January 2024

A transdisciplinary reference guide to investigating relationships between biomass burning during landscape fires, the smoke it creates, and the impacts on human health and well-being.

Thick, yellow-tinted smoke rises from a fire burning trees on a hillside beyond a couple of structures and a fire truck.
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How Wildfires and Weather Affect Portugal’s Public Health

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 12 October 20237 November 2024

Researchers dug into data to examine the effects of wildfires, pollutants, and meteorological factors on mortality and cardiovascular health in the Iberian country.

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Low-Tech, Energy-Free Tool Collects and Cleans Fog Water

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 September 20237 February 2024

A new fog harvester could benefit communities that lack access to clean freshwater.

A black plume of smoke behind two single-family homes
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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

by Elise Cutts 23 August 202323 August 2023

Researchers drove around a van outfitted with a sensitive mass spectrometer to measure airborne chemicals weeks after the disaster.

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Air Pollution Increases COVID-19 Risks

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 2 August 20232 August 2023

A crop of new studies shows that exposure to air pollution adds days to hospital stays and increases the likelihood of death from COVID-19.

A person is pictured from below as he climbs a latticed metal post to install an air quality sensor on the underside of an overhang that shades performers on an outdoor stage.
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Collins Gameli Hodoli: Air Quality Is Data Driven

by Saima May Sidik 25 July 202315 November 2023

The environmental scientist is making pollution levels public to draw nonscientists into the fight for clean air.

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