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Analyzing the impact of compound drought and wildfire events on PM₂.₅ air pollution

POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Professor Hyung Joo Lee's research team, including integrated program students Min Young Shin and Na Rae Kim, has published the results of a study ...
New Atlas

Researchers find how pollution hampers lung function and how to reverse it

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...
News Medical

PM2.5 pollution linked to lung cancer shows sharp declines in the U.S. but not in China

Researchers reveal that while stricter air quality policies are cutting pollution-related cancer deaths in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea, China’s persistently high rates and global aging trends ...
Science Daily

Warming climate making fine particulate matter from wildfires more deadly and expensive

Scientists say human-caused climate change led to 15,000 additional early deaths from wildfire air pollution in the continental United States during the 15-year period ending in 2020. Scientists say ...
Newsday

Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk

HANOI, Vietnam — Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the ...