Biofuels can trigger climate change, claims study; Indian scientists sceptical

The immediate need to reduce vehicular emission levels has been brought out by a recent study which found that exposure of expectant mothers to combustion-related urban air pollution has the

Home PCs predict global warming will be worse than believed

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Genome of a microbe that thrives on chlorine mapped

The government's refusal to clear the Calcutta air has claimed its most hapless victim

Exposure to air pollution, even in the womb, may be linked to genetic changes associated with an increased risk of cancer, researchers said. That finding, from a study done in New York City by

Dry areas increase by 250 pe cent in 30 years

Reactions between smog and plant proteins could explain the mysterious increases in allergies. Exhaust fumes from traffic could be turning airborne proteins into more powerful allergens, explaining

US researchers said long term exposure ot air pollution may lead to atherosclerosos, in which fatty deposits cause artery walls to thicken and harden, Researchers writing in Environmental Health