The past half-century has seen remarkable improvements in air quality in many parts of the world, thanks largely to legislation like the U.S. Clean Air Act. Efforts like these took aim at pollutants ...

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Winter is setting in across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, cold and cloudy winter days. Clouds play a vital role in the environment, providing rain but also reflecting sunlight before it ...

A recent study led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds new light on how human activities have altered the composition of the atmosphere over time, ...

Researchers analyzed long-term aerosol satellite observation big data focusing on the Pacific Ocean downwind of China. Using a newly developed metric that considered aerosols as tracers, they detected ...

This story was originally published by Yale 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They call it “The Blob.” A vast expanse of ocean stretching from Alaska to California ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Anna Bershteyn, PhD, is an associate professor of Population Health at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Michael S. Diamond, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the ...

In the global battle against harmful air pollution, China is both a leader in production and reduction. According to the 2023 Global Carbon Budget, shared by Our World in Data, the country was ...

The sun rises each day, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface is not as constant as we might think. A new study published inAdvances in Atmospheric Science reveals significant ...

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