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Air pollution — on the rise in Asia and Africa — is a major health threat, corrodes buildings, kills vegetation and is a leading contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and related climate change.
(Photo credit: Greenpeace/Yashwant, Shailendra)
Opinions and Analysis
Clean environment, clean bill of health
Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in The Lancet.
South-East Asia: stop the burning
South-East Asia must act quickly to stop farmers burning their land, say David J. Lohman, David Bickford and Navjot S. Sodhi.
23 April 2007
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Source: Science
Put an end to India's cooking-stove pollution
11 July 2003
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Source: Down to Earth
News and Features
Current climate models 'ignoring brown carbon'
Scientists say that atmospheric models must be updated to incorporate the effects of brown carbon particles.
China ventures into carbon capture
Post-combustion capture of carbon dioxide will be tested at a Chinese power station, thanks to Chinese and Australian cooperation.