newsmart – Environment

scmp.com | 4 hrs. 42 min. ago

Hong Kong elderly urged to stay indoors as air pollution spikes to serious levels

Severe haze in Hong Kong over the past two days has prompted a government warning of serious health risks, with experts urging the elderly and vulnerable to stay indoors until sunset. Air quality health risk levels at some of Hong Kong’s roadside monitoring stations rose on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts attributing the surge to elevated ozone levels caused by sunlight and high temperatures and warning that conditions were likely to persist over the next few days.

On Wednesday afternoon,...

theguardian.com | 14 hrs. 4 min. ago

Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say

Assessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAlmost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, faces a high risk of ecosystem collapse before 2075 because of global heating, according to an assessment by United Nations nature advisers.About 24% of the planet’s reefs across more than 80 countries are already critically endangered, the assessment said, but when the expected impacts of global heating were added this rose to 96%.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

yaleclimateconnections.org | 19 hrs. 33 min. ago

An asthma diagnosis led him to document Detroit’s air pollution

Darren Riley learned that pollution from an oil refinery, industrial facilities, and heavy truck traffic could be affecting his community’s health.

newsbeep.com | 1 days ago

Air pollution causes 1,500 premature deaths a year

An estimated 1,500 people are dying prematurely in Ireland each year because of exposure to air pollution, despite…

independent.co.uk | 1 days ago

Best heat pumps in the UK: Installation, price and efficiency compared

From Vaillant and Mitsubishi Electric to Octopus and Daikin, we compare the best air source heat pumps for UK homes

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Real-time air pollution monitoring stations in Keralam’s Vyttila and Kaloor non-functional

Officials said that manual testing of air pollution levels is being carried out; the third station at Eloor is functional, though its annual maintenance contract had expired a year ago