UCI, Carnegie paper explains persistent aircraft trails, substances in soil and water

Households account for about 18 percent of total energy use in the Beijing region but produce 50 percent of black carbon emissions and 69 percent of organic carbon emissions

Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong Kong population

Avoiding common indoor air quality issues and defusing the most common building-related illnesses and complaints.

Beyond human health, the research has broader implications for atmospheric pollution and global climate change modeling.

UCI, other researchers link products made there with higher CO2 emissions

Research examined the practices at the UI Power Plant, where technicians have burned a mix of oat hulls and coal for more than a decade

Particulate matter linked to short and long-term health effects

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory this week released a study that shows gasoline and diesel refined from Canadian oil sands have a higher carbon impact than fuels derived from conventional domestic crude sources.

Most of us don’t consider forests a source of pollution. As natural bodies, they should be good for the environment. But a recent study in Japan shows that older cedar and cypress plantations are causing as much pollution as a poorly managed agricultural field or urban setting.