Can technology clean up our air? An atmospheric scientist got a glimpse of the future
A surprising number of new consumer tech products promise to improve air quality.
Jan. 15, 2024 • ~6 min
A surprising number of new consumer tech products promise to improve air quality.
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.
For a two-in-three chance of staying within 1.5°C, the budget shrinks to one-and-a-half years.
Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.
Thick smoke pouring in from Canada’s wildfires canceled baseball games and pushed air quality in major US cities to the worst in the world.
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