For most of the space age, rocket launches were rare. Their environmental impact was also negligible. A plume here, a plume ...

Moving to more polluted areas was associated with an increase in body mass index, according to an analysis of more than 46,000 children and adolescents living in Catalonia. A large natural experiment ...

"We need to be extremely cautious." The post Research Paper Warns That There’s a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer ...

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SpaceX, the owner-operator of the world’s largest satellite constellation, recently applied for permission to launch 1 million Starlinks—on top of the 10,000 already in orbit. Scientists have ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The first weekend of the Olympic Games in Beijing offered harrowing ...

Most people think air pollution mainly affects the lungs. Dirty air is often associated with coughing, asthma, breathing ...

Where is air pollution exposure at its highest? BBC South's environment correspondent, Jon Cuthill, has been doing the mileage to find out. He has teamed up with experts at the University of ...