Air pollution ‘harms the memory and thinking of city dwellers’, researchers find New research has been conducted on the impact of high-smog cities Those who live in urban areas with high levels of pollution scored lower on thinking and memory tests Scientists examined the link between air pollution levels and cognitive impairment in two separate … Read more
The Himalayas are visible in parts of India 125 miles away for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s … Read more
The Himalayas are visible 125 miles away in India for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s 21-day lockdown, … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
Analysis of ice from an Alpine glacier has shed new light on the fallout from the notorious medieval murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. A rift between the once-close friends King Henry II and Thomas Becket culminated in the king’s knights murdering the Archbishop of Canterbury in his cathedral in 1170. Outrage followed … Read more
Air pollution from 12th century British lead mines ‘was as bad as the industrial revolution’ and has been detected in glacial ice from the Swiss–Italian Alps. Researchers used high-precision laser technology to analyse the contents of an 800-year-old section of ice bored out of the Colle Gnifetti glacier in 2013. They found that the levels of … Read more
Four multi-national companies – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six countries per year. A study by international relief agency Tearfund is the first to quantify the amount of plastic waste burnt in Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, India, China and The Philippines. The plastic being burnt by the … Read more
Four million children around the world develop asthma each year because of road traffic pollution, a major study has estimated. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, largely from road transport, is thought to be behind 38,000 new cases in the UK and 240,000 in the US each year. The global research ranked the UK the 29th worst … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more