Tag: Air Quality
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What kills more people than AIDS and malaria combined? Air pollution
Compared to 20 years ago, there are fewer deaths from infectious diseases, maternal and child illness, and malnutrition. But they also found that air pollution is a huge killer.
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Obama's EPA to require better gasoline, cleaner air
Good news for those of you that enjoy clean air!
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NASA-designed Airocide neutralizes indoor air pollution
Originally used to clean the air inside the International Space Station, the technology is now available for home use.
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Name and shame: 8 countries still above European Union air pollution limits
The bad news is that there are still 8 countries - Luxembourg, Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, and Finland - that exceed limits on air pollution.
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Fermented cow dung air freshener wins two students top science prize
Two high school students win top prize with their herbal-smelling air freshener that's eco-friendly, better for human health -- and is made from cow poop.
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New infrared camera detects greatest cause of acid rain
The camera can detect sulfur dioxide and other major pollutants that are invisible to the human eye.
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10 environmental sensors that go along with you
These sensors fit in a pocket or on your wrist and give scientists and us all a better look at air and water quality at highly local levels.
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Smog-forming emissions from U.S. power plants have been declining for 20+ years
It's pretty obvious to anyone who looks back far enough that air quality regulations have had a huge impact, at least when it comes to pollutants other than greenhouse gases.
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Air Quality Egg collects and maps real-time air pollution data
Through a community approach, the device can provide better local and global air quality data.
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ABC News and Daily Show Miss Point on Beijing Air Crisis
While The Daily Show and ABC News report on China's toxic air pollution, their framing misses an opportunity to connect dots to climate crisis.
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Beijing's Smog Crisis Revealed in Documentary
A short documentary aired on Chinese TV hopes to bring needed public attention to the "airpocalypse".
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Air Quality Sucks Across Middle East and Asia
NASA's eyes in the sky are seeing a lot of air pollution across Asia and the Middle-East, and Beijing's smog problem is so bad that the government has to force factories to shut down temporarily.
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Biomimicry Solves Age-old Industrial Air Pollution Problem
This clever trick mimics how Earth's atmosphere cleans itself, resulting in a low-energy, effective solution to age-old air pollution problems.
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Artist to Transform a Los Angeles Billboard into a Floating Forest
A bamboo cloud forest will sprout over a Los Angeles freeway. And soon grow over your city too.
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Interactive, Open Source Kite Project Gets Beijing Locals to Monitor Air Quality (Video)
Combining open-source technology and local traditions of kite-flying, FLOAT Beijing hopes to encourage "citizen science" in the self-monitoring of the city's air quality.
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Union Pacific to Test 25 Cleaner Experimental Locomotives in California
Trains are great, but they can be even better if we deal with the air pollution that is created from burning diesel fuel.
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Urban Vegetation Can Reduce Air Pollution up to 8x More than Previously Believed
One more reason to hug trees!
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We Need to Reduce Non-Exhaust Pollution from Traffic (Dust from Brakes, Tires, etc)
With so much attention paid to vehicle exhaust emissions, we sometimes forget that the engine isn't the only thing creating air pollution on an automobile.
