These patterns help explain why air pollution deaths remain concentrated in emerging and developing economies, while advanced economies experience far fewer deaths, even though air pollution has not ...

Air pollution ranks among the world's deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

Globally, air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor for human health. It is a known threat to cardiovascular and respiratory disease 1 and ranked as a Group 1 carcinogen 2. However, ...

A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse. The report was published Tuesday by IQAir ...

Youth participate in a protest in Delhi, India, against the government’s failure to tackle the toxic air quality crisis in the Indian capital, December 3, 2025. Credit: X/Gurmehar Kaur Air pollution ...

A major ecologist report reveals millions in Spain are exposed to illegal levels of air pollution. Discover the health risks and how to protect yourself.

Pollution from the expanding shoreline of the Salton Sea may not be significant contributor to the region’s air problems. Some researchers suggest more emphasis on what people are breathing at home, ...

Air pollution is often seen as an urban problem, whereas much less attention has been paid to air pollution and the associated health implications in rural areas. We take China as an example, and ...

The Maldives is renowned for its natural beauty, but most visitors are unaware the majority of high season is choked by pollution. “This risk is easy to miss precisely because the setting looks clean ...