Air Quality Articles
Keeping the Air Moving: Why Indoor Air Circulation Matters
Indoor air circulation helps distribute heating and cooling, move pollutants toward filters and exhaust systems, and prevent stagnant areas where heat, humidity, odors, and contaminants can accumulate.
What Is Swamp Gas?
Swamp gas forms when microorganisms break down organic matter in oxygen-poor wetlands, releasing methane, carbon dioxide, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide into the surrounding atmosphere.
No Open Windows in Orbit: How the International Space Station Maintains Air Quality
The International Space Station maintains breathable air by continuously removing carbon dioxide, controlling humidity, filtering particles and trace chemicals, generating oxygen, and monitoring its sealed cabin atmosphere.
Before the Smokestack: Air Pollution Before the Industrial Revolution
Long before factories and automobiles, people faced air pollution from dust storms, volcanic gases, wood and coal smoke, metalworking, and the waste and combustion of crowded preindustrial cities.
Where Ocean Meets Atmosphere: How Coastal Environments Shape Air Quality
Coastal air quality is shaped by sea salt, marine biology, changing winds, humidity, shipping emissions, and the constant exchange of particles and gases between ocean and atmosphere.
Pollution Beyond the Lungs: How Air Quality May Affect Gum Health
Emerging research suggests that air pollution may contribute to gum inflammation and periodontal tissue damage by exposing oral tissues to fine particles and increasing oxidative and inflammatory stress.
From Breath to Blood: How Red Blood Cells Manage Gas Exchange in the Human Body
Red blood cells transport oxygen from the lungs to tissues and help carry carbon dioxide back to the lungs, linking every breath to the body’s continuous cycle of gas exchange.
Behind the Counter: Air-Quality Risks in Dry Cleaners and Commercial Laundries
Dry cleaners and commercial laundries face indoor air-quality risks from solvents, chemical vapors, lint, contaminated textiles, heat, and combustion emissions, making ventilation and careful chemical handling essential for worker protection.
Cleaning Water Without Polluting the Air: How Wastewater Treatment Plants Protect Local Air Quality
Wastewater treatment plants protect local air quality by controlling emissions of odors, gases, aerosols, and volatile chemicals through containment, ventilation, and specialized air-treatment systems.
Air Quality Headlines
NOAA Satellites Played Critical Role In Monitoring Historic Smoke Event
NESDIS - NOAA | 27 August 2026 | NOAA satellites tracked the rapid growth of wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota that sent dense smoke and harmful fine particulate pollution across major cities in the Midwestern and northeastern United States.
Open Air Quality Data: The Global Landscape
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) | 27 August 2026 | A global assessment of government air quality monitoring finds that relatively few countries provide fully open pollution data, while many heavily populated and polluted nations still lack comprehensive...
Six Years Of Monitoring Reveal Kingston’s Air Quality Remains Stable
Hudson Valley One | 26 August 2026 | Long-term monitoring found that Kingston, New York, remained within federal annual PM2.5 standards in 2025 despite a slight increase in pollution, while expanded neighborhood-level monitoring is revealing important variations in...
Experimental Assessment Of Gas-Phase Air Quality Improvement Using Camel Hair–Leather Composite Filters
Nature | 26 August 2026 | A proof-of-concept study suggests that camel hair could serve as a low-cost, bio-based filtration material capable of reducing some gas-phase pollutants from combustion smoke in buildings located in hot, arid climates.
Coalition Urges EPA To Keep Public Participation Requirements For Air Permits
Environmental Defense Fund | 25 August 2026 | Nearly 200 organizations are urging the EPA to preserve federal public participation requirements for certain Clean Air Act permits, warning that proposed changes could limit communities’ ability to weigh in on new or...
Broad Coalition Of 96 Organizations Urges Congress To Reject Attacks On Long-Standing Clean Air Protections
Sierra Club | 25 August 2026 | A coalition of 96 organizations is urging Congress to reject resolutions that would overturn Clean Air Act waivers allowing states to maintain stricter vehicle and engine emissions standards.
Wildfire And Air Quality Law
Legal Planet | 24 August 2026 | A proposed reform to the Clean Air Act would give states greater flexibility to use prescribed burns while requiring stronger commitments to wildfire prevention, land management, and long-term reductions in smoke-related air pollution.
Seven Areas Record Unhealthy Air Quality As Haze Persists
BusinessToday Malaysia | 24 August 2026 | Unhealthy air quality has been recorded across several regions of Malaysia, with parts of Sarawak experiencing the highest pollution levels as environmental officials continue nationwide monitoring.
Is A (Satellite) Image Worth A Thousand Data Points? Comparing Machine Learning Approaches To Predict Environmental And Social Inequalities In England
Research journals - PLOS | 23 August 2026 | Satellite imagery combined with AI models shows promise as a low-cost method for mapping urban air pollution at fine spatial scales, potentially supplementing traditional environmental monitoring where detailed data are...
University Update On The Hawk Fire
University of Nevada, Reno | 23 August 2026 | The University of Nevada, Reno will maintain normal campus operations despite smoke from the Hawk Fire, while officials continue monitoring air quality and wildfire conditions for potential changes.
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