Indigenous Peoples around the world are suffering disproportionately from the impacts of pollution. After surveying close to 700 articles covering different disciplines and regions of the world, a research team led by Helsinki University and involving ۲ݮƵ has highlighted key factors that contribute to this situation.
Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Tuesday as the air quality remained in the “very poor” category in several areas of the national capital.
Old habits are hard to break. A ۲ݮƵ-led study of replacement of traditional wood and coal burning stoves with clean energy in China suggests that, without a better understanding of the reasons behind people’s reluctance to give up traditional stoves, it will be difficult for policies in China and elsewhere in the world to succeed in encouraging this shift towards clean energy. The study was published recently in .
New research from ۲ݮƵ University links air pollution nanoparticles to brain cancer.
“Officials in the city of Montreal have issued the latest of several smog alerts today and they hope to improve air quality by restricting the use of wood-burning appliances made popular after thedevastating ice storm of 1998.” ()