Soot case

Worse than estimated

Poor air quality can affect pregnancy, raise death risk

High level of pollutants in air is responsible for one of every nine global deaths, totaling over seven million premature deaths a year, …

Noxious ways?

Pollution from Africa and Indonesia reaches Indian Ocean region in monsoon transition periods

Watered down

Aerosols could be wrecking havoc with the Earth's water cycle

Black China

Soot particles are causing intensive droughts and floods in China

Caught in a haze

Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud

Raining misery

Millions of Africans die due to droughts caused by air pollution from industrialised countries

Aerosols affect cloud cover, says study

बाढ़ के लिए कौन जिम्मेदार?

सूखे के बाद भीषण बाढ़ की चपेट में आए कई राज्य। बारिश नहीं…

Air pollution affects rainfall in Indian Ocean region

Pollution has reduced rainfall in south Asia

Nobel winner Paul J Crutzen on the neglect of nitrogen cycle

Paul J Crutzen received the 1995 Chemistry Nobel prize for showing that nitrogen oxides react catalytically with ozone, thus accelerating …

Aerosol pollution may affect rainfall pattern

Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent

El Niño weakens the monsoon by transporting aerosols from lower altitudes in East Asian region up and into the higher altitudes, finds a …

Hazy about untimely fog that caused blackouts

मौसम बदलने वाले बादल

प्रदूषकों से भरे बादल मौसम में बड़ा बदलाव ला सकते हैं।&…

Aerosol advantage

Scientists claim that sulphate aerosols reduce global warming

Debate over Himalaya's temperature variations

For a drop!

Too many aerosols, too less rainfall

Indian monsoon has intensified since 2002; trend will persist in coming years: study

The heightened monsoon activity has reversed a 50-year drying period during which monsoon season brought relatively little rain  

Satellite study finds ammonia hotspots over agricultural areas

Ammonia concentration in the atmosphere over India is the highest in the world due to cattle population and excessive fertilizer use, says study

Silver lining?

Aerosols mitigate the effects of global warming in India during winters

Heat traps

Aerosols trap heat and increase temperatures

Power corrupts

Coal-based power plants caus haze over Indo-Gangetic plains

प्रदूषण से बढ़ रही हैं आकाशीय बिजली की घटनाएं

वैज्ञानिकों ने पाया है कि वायु प्रदूषकों में शामिल एरोस…

Picture imperfect

Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long-term impact of these tiny particles