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China's cuts to air pollution may have saved 150,000 lives each year

Levels of harmful particulate matter in China’s air have been falling since 2015, and this may have prevented 150,000 premature deaths per year

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A building under construction on a polluted day in Shenyang, Liaoning province

Environment

Air pollution in China may have caused millions of deaths since 2000

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washing machine drum

Environment

Washing our clothes has created 5.6 million tonnes of microfibre waste

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Environment

Asphalt on roads may soon be greater source of air pollution than cars

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Blue jeans pollute water by releasing 50,000 microfibres per wash

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Blue jeans pollute water by releasing 50,000 microfibres per wash

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How many house plants do you need to clean the air in a small flat?

Humans

How many house plants do you need to clean the air in a small flat?

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Lake Victoria is at risk of dying from pollution and climate change

Earth

Lake Victoria is at risk of dying from pollution and climate change

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Environment

UK nitrogen dioxide pollution levels hit 10-year low during lockdown

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Ocean microfibre pollution

Environment

There might not be as many microplastic fibres in oceans as we feared

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We may have missed half the microplastics in the ocean

Environment

We may have missed half the microplastics in the ocean

Collecting microplastics on the ocean’s surface with three kinds of net has revealed far more stringy fibres of plastic than previous studies found

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Health

Are you more likely to die of covid-19 if you live in a polluted area?

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Why bats and nocturnal animals hate light pollution?

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Technology

Microrobots made from pollen help remove toxic mercury from wastewater

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Health

AI pollution monitor could forecast harmful particles in the air

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