How government transparency saves lives

"Transparency isn't just beneficial in theory—it has real-world impacts that save lives."

Shelly Leachman-UCSB • futurity
April 8, 2025 ~6 min

Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone

Smoke from US wildfires and prescribed burns caused premature deaths and billions of dollars in health damages in 2017, researchers report.

Caitlin Kizielewicz Carnegie Mellon • futurity
April 8, 2025 ~6 min


LA fires triggered 110-fold spike in airborne lead levels

"Our work... has provided us with new insights into the air we breathe, with unprecedented levels of detail and time resolution."

Georgia Tech • futurity
Feb. 24, 2025 ~4 min

Air pollution may make it harder to get pregnant

“Based on our study, and other studies, air pollution is certainly [a] concern for those who are seeking to reproduce and conceive."

Rob Spahr-Emory • futurity
Jan. 30, 2025 ~4 min

Poor air quality negatively affects marathon times

"Our results show that those interested in optimizing athletic performance should consider the effect of air pollution..."

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Jan. 7, 2025 ~6 min

AI air pollution takes deadly health toll

Air pollution from AI is expected to result in as many as 1,300 premature deaths a year by 2030 in the United States, researchers say.

David Danelski - UC Riverside • futurity
Dec. 30, 2024 ~6 min

Dolphins are breathing in microplastics

"Finding microplastics in the exhaled breath of dolphins highlights how extensive environmental microplastic pollution is."

Lon Wagner-Virginia Tech • futurity
Nov. 25, 2024 ~6 min

Plan shows how to get rid of plastic pollution by 2050

A new study maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution in the next 25 years.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Nov. 15, 2024 ~8 min


Plastic junk sounds like tasty food to some whales

Animals like whales that hunt in the dark depths of the ocean using sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids, researchers find.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
Oct. 21, 2024 ~5 min

Mussels inspire sticky way to clean up plastic waste

Researchers have bioengineered mussel-inspired sticky microorganisms to help break down plastic waste.

Marcy DeLuna-Rice • futurity
Oct. 8, 2024 ~5 min

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