In 2017, biogeochemist Janice Brahney was collecting dust deposited in remote wilderness areas in the western US. She wanted to study how phosphorus that was transported through the air to these wild ...

Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

Sometimes the environment becomes dark and murky. During such times friends also fall sick. — A migrant worker in Dubai, September 2023 Even as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government works to ...

The combustion of fossil fuels (coal, petroleum [oil], and natural gas) is the major source of both air pollution and the greenhouse-gas emissions driving climate change. The fetus, infant, and child ...

Less commonly, lung cancer can also be a result of air pollution — the addition of harmful substances into the air. In 2013, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health ...

Burning fossil fuels spews carbon dioxide into the air. Plastic pollutants infiltrate our oceans. Garbage and sewage contaminate our waterways and land. Berta These are examples of pollution with ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of disability and death. Such diseases were responsible in 2019 for an estimated 18.6 million deaths globally and 957,000 deaths in the United ...

Soil pollution refers to the dangerously high concentrations of contaminants in soil. While contaminants such as metals, inorganic ions, salts, and organic compounds naturally occur in soils, these ...