Mumbaikars woke up to pleasant morning with cloudy skies and light showers. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate rainfall for today, June 28 for Mumbai and its suburbs. In addition, the weather department has forecast, moderate to heavy rainfall for the next two days, that is, June 29 and June 30. According to … Read more
Studies have shown that air pollution can cause an impact on children’s brain development. To reduce exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and to access the impact on child intelligence, researchers of Simon Fraser university collaborated with US and Mangolian scientists to study the benefits of the air filter. In 2014, a test was … Read more
The mercury touched 40.2°C at 2.30 pm on Monday in Safdarjung, the base weather station, at a time when humidity was at 45%, taking the heat index, or real feel, to 52°C, the highest so far this year Delhi’s air quality was in the moderate category on Friday morning as the mercury was expected to … Read more
It will be sunny with a high near 86 degrees Wednesday. Skies stay clear Wednesday night, which will have an overnight low around 63 degrees. Temperatures are expected to push into the 90s for Thursday, with will be sunny with a high near 92 degrees. Clear skies remain Thursday night, which will have an overnight … Read more
This abrupt coal ban attempted by the Chinese authorities, which later had to be suspended, is one example highlighted in a recent report on air pollution that warns China of the social repercussions of rigid “command-and-control” policies in its “war on pollution”. “The country needs to place more emphasis on market-based approaches,” said the report by the Energy … Read more
People fed up with the putrid stench from Bromley’s wastewater plant are on the brink of protesting against Christchurch City Council’s handling of the crisis, as more long-term air quality monitoring begins. The civic response has sown distrust among residents who have found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the nauseating effects of the smell with … Read more
By Rameesh Kailasam & Tamseel Hussain India experiences many severe forms of air pollution. As per a research report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), almost 64% of Delhi’s pollution originates from the burning of agricultural waste besides heating and cooking, along with transport (12%) and dust (7%). These factors contaminate the … Read more
There’s more to be gained from making sure the places where we live and work have clean air than being able to tick regulatory boxes. The importance of clean air to the UK is finally being recognised. A new clean air law is starting its passage through Parliament as a tribute to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah, … Read more
Methanol, produced from carbon dioxide in the air, can be used to make carbon neutral fuels. But to do this, the mechanism by which methanol is turned into liquid hydrocarbons must be better understood so that the catalytic process can be optimised. Now, using sophisticated analytical techniques, researchers from ETH Zürich and Paul Scherrer Institute … Read more
Scientists from the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University created a prototype terahertz optical spectroscopy system with a sensing area equivalent to the cross-sectional area of just five human hairs. By measuring the shift in peak transmittance wavelength of a terahertz radiation source, the concentration of even trace dissolved contaminants in a tiny drop … Read more