The government has announced a major financial incentive for hauliers to switch to electric by extending and increasing a ...

A new study has investigated the threat of ‘thirdhand smoke’ highlighting the fact that the dangers of indoor smoking persist ...

Exposure to PM2.5 during pregnancy, particularly in the earliest weeks, may reduce infant birth weight, according to a new ...

Researchers at Imperial College are calling on London-based companies to trial a new digital tool designed to monitor and ...

The research used airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) – genetic material shed by all forms of life into the atmosphere. The team focused on filters from a radionuclide monitoring station in northern ...

Safe Air Schools UK has issued an urgent plea to the UK government, warning that poor air quality in classrooms is creating a preventable public health crisis, fuelling illness, and disrupting ...

Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded ...

Member states at the World Health Assembly have approved a roadmap which sets a new voluntary target for the reduction of air pollution. This would see the deaths attributable to anthropogenic air ...

Beatrice Browning, PhD researcher at the Faraday Institution explains why lithium-ion batteries degrade over time and outlines what is being done to extend their lifespan. Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) ...

In its first six months, New York City’s controversial congestion pricing scheme has reduced air pollution by 22% in Manhattan’s toll zone, while improving air quality across the entire metropolitan ...