AIR - Jar of clean mountain air from France sells for $845 in smog-choked Beijing

If you can't breathe, what else matters? China is truly at the crossroads.. ...

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/jar-clean-mountain-air-

AIR - London's smog not China's airpocalypse | Jennifer Duggan

London's high levels of air pollution made headlines, but are just an average day for many cities in ChinaThe recent bout of smog in London led to much warranted public outcry and to comparisons being made with Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Much was made of the fact that on a particular day, air pollution levels in some parts of London were higher than those in Beijing, a city plagued with air pollution problems.However, while Lond ...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/chinas-choice/2014/apr/11/londo

AIR - Which UK borough has the most deaths from air pollution? - interactive map

A new study from Public Health England looks at deaths from particulate air pollution by each UK borough. The default view of the map shows the percentage of deaths in 2010 calculated to be caused by fine particulate matter (ambient PM2.5) concentration in each local authority, according to central estimates. You can also switch to see that particulate matter concentration on its own. Be warned though because of uncertainty of the effect of parti ...

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2014/apr/10/air-p

AIR - Air pollution now the world’s biggest environmental health risk with 7 million deaths per year

The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes ...

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/air-pollution-now-world

AIR - Saharan dust chokes London

London is exceptionally smoggy right now, and at least some of the air pollution can be blamed on dust that traveled all the way from the Sahara ...

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/saharan-dust-chokes-lon

AIR - Effect of important air pollutants may be absent from key precipitation observations

Pioneering new research from the University of Exeter could have a major impact on climate and environmental science by drastically transforming the perceived reliability of key observations of precipitation, which includes rain, sleet and snow ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-effect-important-air-pollutants-absent.ht

AIR - Health costs of air pollution from agriculture clarified

Ammonia pollution from agricultural sources poses larger health costs than previously estimated, according to research. Computer models, including a NASA model of chemical reactions in the atmosphere, were used to better represent how ammonia interacts in the atmosphere to form harmful particulate matter. The improved simulation helped the scientists narrow in on the estimated health costs from air pollution associated with food produced for expo ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140328175219.ht

AIR - Air pollution 'kills 7m people a year'

WHO report says issue is now biggest single environmental health risk and the cause of one in eight deaths worldwideAir pollution kills about seven million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on Tuesday.The agency said air pollution causes about one in eight deaths and has now become the single biggest environmental h ...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/25/air-pollution-kills

AIR - WHO: air pollution 'is single biggest environmental health risk'

New figures link indoor and outdoor air pollution to around 7 millon deaths a year – more than double previous estimatesAir pollution has become the world's single biggest environmental health risk, linked to around 7 million – or nearly one in eight deaths in 2012 – according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) ...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/25/air-pollution-singl

AIR - 11 EU Nations Exceed Air Pollution Ceilings

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/11-eu-nations-exceed-air-pol

AIR - Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012: WHO

Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency said on Tuesday.    ...

http://da.feedsportal.com/c/33039/f/533925/s/38913d36/l/0Ltimesofindia

AIR - China's Premier wants to declare "war on pollution" as smog becomes extra horrible

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made remarks about the country's huge pollution problems during what could be described as China’s equivalent of the State of the Union address in the US ...

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/chinas-premier-wants-de

AIR - Colorado Approves Limits on Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Drilling

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colorado-approves-limits-on-

AIR - Research in the news: The rise of oxygen on Earth

Yale’s Noah J. Planavsky and collaborators have published a Nature review article titled “The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere. ...

http://news.yale.edu/2014/02/20/research-news-rise-oxygen-eart

AIR - Urban air pollution exposure may trigger toxic responses in brain cells and impact neurodegenerative disease pathways

(Medical Xpress)—From diesel exhaust to gaseous pollutants and suspended particulate matter, such as dust, smoke and fumes, air pollution from transportation, industry and energy generation has taken a toll on the environment and human health ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-urban-air-pollution-exposure-tri

AIR - Overweight or obese people breathe more air pollutants

Overweight or obese adults can breathe 7-50% more air per day than an adult with healthy weight does, which makes them more vulnerable to air contaminants causing asthma and other pulmonary diseases, according to a study ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140204101408.ht

AIR - Why Is There More Methane in the Atmosphere?

Levels of the potent greenhouse gas continue to rise and scientists aren't sure where most of it is coming from, though likely suspects include fracking, increased coal mining in China and a melting Arctic ...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-there-more-methane-in

AIR - Beijing Air Not As Bad As Delhi Air

Beijing has been getting a lot of attention for its crazy bad/deadly air. However, a reporter at the New York Times has noted that Delhi’s air is often even worse.“Despite Beijing’s widespread reputation of having some of the most polluted air of any major city in the world, an examination of daily pollution figures collected from both cities suggests that New Delhi’s air is more laden with dangerous small particles of pollution, more often, ...

http://planetsave.com/2014/01/29/beijing-air-bad-delhi-air

AIR - Made in China: Air pollution travels across the Pacific to U.S. West Coast

People living in China are the main victims of the country's horrendous pollution problems, no doubt about it. But a lot of that pollution travels on powerful winds.. ...

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/made-china-air-poll

AIR - Beijing Gets Hit With First Off-The-Charts Air Pollution Day Of The Year

A tourist with a protective mask watches the buildings at the Bund under heavy haze in Shanghai, China, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. CREDIT: AP Photo/Eugene HoshikoIt may be a new year, but Beijing is starting 2014 still struggling with an old problem — off-the-charts air pollution. On Thursday, the city issued its first warning of the year for a wave of dangerous smog that exceeded the worst threshold in the warning system. Concentrations of PM2.5, a ...

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/16/3171681/dangerous-beijing-