An IIT Delhi study finds that rising air pollution is cutting into India’s solar energy potential, shrinking usable land and ...

Chad, in central Africa, is the world’s most polluted country, while California has the worst air pollution in North America, ...

Twenty years ago a stargazer in Visakhapatnam, once a small port town on India’s south coast, could enjoy clear night skies ...

While recycling aims to reduce plastic waste, the practice itself could be making matters worse by producing an even more ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Every winter, widespread crop burning in north India and weather ... to combine data from air pollution monitoring, satellite products and information on land use. We found that yearly PM2.5 ...

In 2021, IQAir reported a PM2.5 concentration in India of 58.1; in 2024, that number decreased to 50.6. India’s leaders have ...

It is increasingly an economic threat that undermines workforce productivity. Addressing it requires a coordinated as well as ...

India – the world’s most populous nation with 1.4 billion people dropped from third to fifth place from the previous year, according to the report. But the report said air pollution “remains ...

Indian insurers are considering making New Delhi residents pay 10% to 15% more for new health policies after an extraordinary ...