Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled "The Thinker's Burden", during the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on ...

New Delhi is engulfed in a dense and toxic mix of fog and smoke that has raised air pollution to its worst levels in weeks. The crisis has forced authorities to impose strict containment measures, as ...

New report estimates 3 million people die each year due to air pollution. — -- Over 90 percent of the world's population lives in areas with levels of air pollution that exceed the World Health ...

Tehran has been ranked the world's most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 233, according to Swiss-based air quality monitor IQAir, as critical pollution levels affect all monitoring stations ...

Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet. It’s the sixth time ...

Some countries are known for having dangerously high pollution levels, poor sanitation, and large amounts of unmanaged waste. These problems are usually caused by overpopulation, industrial activity, ...

A team digging into PM2.5 — those tiny particles linked to breathing issues — is now looking at whether vitamin C has anything to do with how our lungs handle everyday pollution.

Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked second among the world's most polluted cities on Monday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 254 at 9:17 am.

Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing recent progress in cleaning up the air, according to new analysis. The wildfires, ...