Air quality competition to teach children the impacts of pollution
Pupils from St Joseph’s Primary School, Glasgow have won a competition from Ricardo Energy & Environment which aimed to educate…
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Genetically modified trees could reduce air pollution
Poplar trees can be genetically modified to reduce their negative impacts on air quality, according to researchers at Oregan State…
New air pollution monitor can measure extremely low levels of NO2
A low-cost, graphene-based NO2 detector that measures air pollution levels in real-time has been created by researchers at the National Physical…
Research project to ‘revolutionise’ air pollution forecasting
Researchers at the University of Warwick and The Alan Turing Institute have won research funding worth £619,000 from EPSRC (The…
‘World’s first’ commercial electric aeroplane takes flight
The ‘world’s first’ all-electric commercial aircraft has taken to the skies in Vancouver, Canada for its maiden journey. The project…
DPD to equip delivery vans with air quality monitors
Parcel delivery firm DPDgroup will roll out an air quality monitoring initiative in 20 European cities. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5)…
World leaders invited to experience air pollution at COP25
World leaders attending the COP25 UN climate change conference in Madrid are invited to walk through pods that recreate the…
Scientists develop new process to capture NO2
Scientists have developed a new process to convert nitrogen dioxide (NO2) into an industrial chemical using only water and air….
