The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, ...

Studies have linked short-term exposure to severe air pollution with an increased risk of outpatient visits or hospitalization for depression or anxiety.

Air pollution is still a danger to roughly one in every three Americans. People of color are 64 percent more likely to live in a county with a failing grade for either ozone or particulate matter.

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

Human activity is contributing to pollution that is affecting our health. According to WHO estimates, atmospheric air pollution is estimated to cause 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide per year.

Its air pollution dropped 42.3 percent between 2013 and 2021. If the improvements are sustained, the average Chinese citizen will be able to live 2.2 years longer.

Current air pollution levels in the U.S., which are much better than they were before the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970, are still responsible for more than 88,000 deaths a year, according ...