Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 03:37
India`s air monitoring centre denied that pollution in New Delhi was worse than in Beijing, following scrutiny of the Indian capital`s winter smog, which shrouds the city each year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 12:03
Warnings of heavy smog over central and eastern China this week have prompted the country`s weather forecaster to call for a ban on the fireworks traditionally let off at Lunar New Year, state media said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 12:36
An examination of daily pollution figures collected from New Delhi suggests that the air in the national capital is laden with dangerous small particles of pollution.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 21:29
Asia`s growing air pollution - much of it coming from China - is affecting the world`s weather and climate patterns, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have warned.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 14:27
Even the electric cars or battery-operated rickshaws on Indian roads are not sufficient to tame the air pollution.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:22
Last year was among a handful of the warmest on record since 1880, according to US government figures out Tuesday that provide more evidence that the planet is heating up.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:20
Surging air pollution from China and other fast-growing Asian economies has intensified winter cyclones in the northwest Pacific, scientists said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:39
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:39
Air pollution from China blows across the Pacific Ocean and ends up over the US west coast -- and American consumerism is to blame for a portion of it, said a study Monday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 08:57
The study found that 22 percent of carbon monoxide and 17 percent of black carbon emitted in China were associated with the production of goods for export.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 15:10
China`s capital was shrouded in dangerous smog on Thursday, cutting visibility down to a few hundred metres as a count of small particulate pollution reached more than 25 times recommended levels.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 13:47
China has set new targets for its provinces to reduce air pollution by 5 to 25 per cent, state media said late on Tuesday, underscoring the government`s concern about a source of public anger.
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