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IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS

Africa is home to some of the world’s most polluted cities—here’s why the air quality is not improving

Vehicles drive through smog in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2018.

Air pollution in India caused 1.2 million deaths last year

Construction workers erect scaffolding to build a flyover as smoke emits from a chimney of a biomedical waste facility in Mumbai, India

QUALITY OF GROWTH

The world’s fastest-growing major economy is not prosperous enough

Short-wave infrared (red) captured by Landsat 8 shows the full extent of the actively burning area of the Camp Fire four hours after it started. The red patches are fires that leapfrogged in front of the primary burn front, which was growing at a rate of approximately 5 km per hour.

HOLD YOUR BREATH

California’s air was among the world’s worst this week. Climate change will make it the new normal.

Satellite images show the worst of Delhi’s winter is here

Cars drive bumper to bumper on a congested highway on a polluted day in Beijing, China January 5, 2017.

The smallest unit of air pollution is a big problem for human health

STOKING THE IRE

Wood-burning ovens produce delicious food and dangerous air pollution

The exhaust pipe of a silver car.

We’re just learning how exposure to air pollution degrades our brains

glass bottles of designer perfume

Your sense of smell controls what you spend and who you love

Air pollution is bad for productivity, even in office jobs