12-02-14 Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found. Writing in the Feb. 14, 2012 issue of the Archives of Internal M...

12-02-14 A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush University Medical Center indicates that chronic exposure to particulate（微粒的） air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. The results of the study will be published in t...

11-11-29 Australian air safety officials have launched an investigation after an airline passenger's Apple iPhone apparently caught fire during a flight. 澳大利亚航空安全官员正在进行一项调查一位乘客的苹果手机在飞行途中突然起火。 Local airline Regional Expres...

11-11-15 Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation（沉淀，冰雹） in dry regions or seasons, while increasing rain, snowfall and the intensity of severe st...

11-11-11 China's national weather bureau gave the air quality a rare 5 rating - heavily polluted - and visibility was so bad that several flights had to be delayed at Beijing Capital International Airport. 中国国家气象局称，北京当天空气质量下降至罕见的5级重...

11-10-09 A Californian-based study has looked in detail at air quality and the impact of traffic-related air pollution on premature birth. Published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, results from this study show that traffic-relat...

11-09-30 Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while those in the US and Canada are among the best, according to the first global survey, released Monday by the World Health Organiza...

11-07-06 Long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain, as well as learning and memory problems and even depression, new research in mice suggests. While other studies have shown the damaging effects of polluted air on the hea...

11-05-26 Black Loam Jack Myers It's been another good year. I pitchfork（骤然塞进） my poems into the air over and over until the black grains of letters pile up into never before thought of things. All winter I'll pound them into dust and bake from that the...

11-04-16 The US official overseeing air traffic operations resigned on Thursday over a controversy involving disclosures about sleeping air traffic controllers. 美国民用机场空管人员频频被曝在当班时间睡觉引发争议，美国联邦空管局（FAA）的一名高官本周四为此引咎...