In this photo taken on October 10, 2023, a man looks at a forest fire as it approaches houses in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Al Zulkifli | Afp | Getty Images With El Nino in full force, officials are bracing for the worst transboundary haze in southern Southeast Asia since before the pandemic in 2019. … Read more
When it rains, it pours … microplastics, that is. Researchers in Japan have discovered nine kinds of polymers and one rubber floating among the clouds — a worrying sign for the climate. Intrepid teams of scientists climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama to collect water from the foggy mist that veils the mountain tops. Their … Read more
Cranes stand at the construction site of the second phase of Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant, invested by state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and China Huaneng Group, on June 28, 2023 in Changjiang Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images China is the breakaway global … Read more
American senior citizens who live in warm areas are more likely to endure “serious vision impairment” compared to those in colder regions, new research from the University of Toronto has found. Seniors who live in counties where the average temperature is 60 degrees or higher are at a 44% heightened risk of visual distress, according … Read more
Smoke shrouding Manhattan viewed from Summit One Vanderbilt as wildfires in Canada blanketed the city on June 7, 2023 and made New York the most polluted major city in the world. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images News | Getty Images Recent fallout from Canadian wildfires has been a jarring reminder to companies that you … Read more
Flames burn during the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest on July 31, 2022. David Mcnew | AFP | Getty Images The area burned from wildfires in California’s northern and central forests increased fivefold from 1971 to 2021, an increase driven largely by human-caused climate change, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the … Read more
The AirCare app shows air pollution, active fires, wind conditions and pollen levels on a map. CNBC While air quality in North America and Europe improved over the last decade thanks to stricter environmental regulations, extreme weather and record wildfires have raised new air pollution concerns. This week, smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario … Read more
James Comer is a hero. It would be a lot easier for him to let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to the Biden family corruption scandal and the even bigger scandal of the subsequent FBI/CIA coverup which kept American voters in the dark about one of the two presidential candidates in the 2020 election. … Read more
Smoke hangs over the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California and other Western states are experiencing dirtier air quality due to worsening heat, drought and wildfires, and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to pollution, according to a report published … Read more
Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will strengthen limits on several toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants, including mercury, a … Read more