A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

A new study finds higher long-term exposure to fine air pollution (PM2.5) is linked to lower semantic memory — the type of memory used for facts, words and general knowledge.

A growing body of research is showing how breathing polluted air impairs the immune system’s ability to regulate inflammation—and leads to other serious health conditions. Flames and smoke billow from ...

The findings reveal that high exposure to microscopic air pollution explicitly targets semantic memory, the brain’s internal encyclopedia for facts, language, and general knowledge, causing a level of ...

Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its ...

A recent study published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging provides evidence that ...

In an unprecedented collaboration, the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation have issued a joint statement ...