Hacker News with Generative AI: Air Pollution

Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says (nature.com)
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.
Air Pollution, Brain Health, Science, Health, Research
4 points by Brajeshwar 2 days ago | 0 comments
China reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than two-thirds in past 15 years (ourworldindata.org)
China has dramatically reduced local air pollution levels — particularly in its biggest cities — in the last decade.
China, Air Pollution, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Data Visualization
75 points by therabbithole 15 days ago | 58 comments
Expert warns of public health emergency as India's Capital toxic air returns (bbc.com)
Delhi's pollution has once again soared to hazardous levels, with a top expert warning that India's toxic air will have a bigger impact on public health than the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Health, Air Pollution, India, Climate Change
3 points by Brajeshwar 31 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: My city makes me smoke 40 cigarettes per day (air.nmn.gl)
The problem isn't natural - it's caused by humans.That means we can fix it through action.
Air Pollution, Environmentalism, Health, Climate Change, Urban Planning
20 points by namanyayg 51 days ago | 13 comments
Living in Delhi smog is like watching a dystopian film again and again (bbc.com)
Winter has come to Delhi and with it, a familiar sense of gloom. The sky here is grey and there is a thick, visible blanket of smog.
Air Pollution, Delhi, India, Climate Change, Dystopia
6 points by Brajeshwar 59 days ago | 0 comments
Air pollution inside Philadelphia's subway is much worse than on the streets (phys.org)
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station.
Air Pollution, Transportation, Philadelphia, Public Health, Urban Environment
3 points by geox 102 days ago | 0 comments
NYC Subway Riders See 'Exceptionally High' Air Pollution (bloomberg.com)
Air Pollution, Public Transportation, Environment
10 points by arbuge 162 days ago | 7 comments
China's dramatic drop in air pollution may have prevented suicides in the 2010s (dialogue.earth)
China, Air Pollution, Public Health, Suicide Prevention
17 points by mnming 166 days ago | 12 comments
The Unseen Fallout: Chernobyl's Deadly Air Pollution Legacy (marginalrevolution.com)
Chernobyl, Nuclear Disaster, Environmental Impact, Health Effects, Air Pollution
4 points by jseliger 169 days ago | 0 comments
Superfast Microsoft AI is first to predict air pollution for the whole world (nature.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Science, Prediction, Air Pollution, Microsoft
64 points by Brajeshwar 227 days ago | 35 comments
Nitrogen dioxide exposure due to gas and propane combustion by U.S. stoves (science.org)
Nitrogen dioxide, Air Pollution, Combustion, Stoves, Science
30 points by rntn 244 days ago | 66 comments