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Study sheds light on how genes and air pollution elevate healthy people’s depression risk

A genetic predisposition for depression combined with exposure to high-particulate-matter air pollution greatly elevates the risk that healthy people will experience depression, according to a first-of-its-kind study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences from neuroscientists at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, and Peking University in Beijing, China.

9 Nov 2021

Tackling pollution from ammonia emissions could reduce many premature deaths

Tackling pollution from the emission of nitrogen compounds, particularly ammonia, could reduce many of the 23.3 million years of life that were lost prematurely across the world in 2013 due to nitrogen-related air pollution, an international study led by Chinese scientists has discovered using a modeling framework, including the IIASA GAINS model.

5 Nov 2021

Mice study shows how air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation

Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the exact mechanism for how it can lead to these health conditions.

26 Oct 2021

Study finds higher levels of air pollutants in regions near oil and gas wells

In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for nearby residents.

13 Oct 2021

Long-term exposure to low concentrations of air pollution may increase mortality risk

Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even at levels permitted under federal regulations, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

8 Oct 2021

Understanding computational fluid dynamics can inform more effective design of drug delivery devices

Increased air pollution in recent years has not only contributed to deteriorating environmental conditions in cities across the globe.

12 Aug 2021

UW researchers identify a link between air pollution and dementia

Using data from two large, long-running study projects in the Puget Sound region -; one that began in the late 1970s measuring air pollution and another on risk factors for dementia that began in 1994 -; University of Washington researchers identified a link between air pollution and dementia.

10 Aug 2021

Study reveals relationships among wildfires, aerosols. and climate patterns in and around the Arctic

Scientists have uncovered a summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic that could drive co-occurrences of European heatwaves and large-scale wildfires with air pollution over Siberia and subpolar North America.

2 Jun 2021

Climate change makes future outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK

Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say. West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes and has no vaccine. Most people have no symptoms, but it can cause serious neurological disease.

1 Jun 2021

Keeping more nitrogen in soil can minimize environmental damage associated with intensive agriculture

Modern-day agriculture faces two major dilemmas: how to produce enough food to feed the growing human population and how to minimize environmental damage associated with intensive agriculture. Keeping more nitrogen in soil as ammonium may be one key way to address both challenges, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

28 May 2021

New iron-nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst could reduce harmful air pollutants

Our reliance on fossil fuels as a primary energy source has pushed air pollution to an all-time high, resulting in several environmental and health concerns. Among the major pollutants, nitrogen oxide (NOx) accumulation can cause severe respiratory diseases and imbalance in the Earth's nitrogen cycle. Reducing NOx accumulation is, therefore, an issue of utmost importance.

21 May 2021

Raising water levels in agricultural peatlands could reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study in the journal Nature.

22 Apr 2021

Air pollution may increase chance of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients

Patients who have preexisting respiratory conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and live in areas with high levels of air pollution have a greater chance of hospitalization if they contract COVID-19, says a University of Cincinnati researcher.

15 Apr 2021

Air Pollution News and Research

Study sheds light on how genes and air pollution elevate healthy people’s depression risk

Tackling pollution from ammonia emissions could reduce many premature deaths

Mice study shows how air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation

Study finds higher levels of air pollutants in regions near oil and gas wells

Long-term exposure to low concentrations of air pollution may increase mortality risk

Understanding computational fluid dynamics can inform more effective design of drug delivery devices

UW researchers identify a link between air pollution and dementia

Study reveals relationships among wildfires, aerosols. and climate patterns in and around the Arctic

Climate change makes future outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK

Keeping more nitrogen in soil can minimize environmental damage associated with intensive agriculture

New iron-nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst could reduce harmful air pollutants

Raising water levels in agricultural peatlands could reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Air pollution may increase chance of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients

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Air pollutant reductions must come hand in hand with greenhouse gas cuts to avoid global warming

Unique curved barrier can protect people from damaging effects of air pollution

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Elevated outdoor air pollution events claw their way into indoor spaces

Traffic reductions caused by COVID-19 shutdowns improved air quality in some states

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