MEJILLONES Chile: With its emerald green waters and white sands, the small town of Mejillones in northern Chile looks deceptively like a typical seaside resort. However, in the distance, coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air, a grim reminder that the town in
Los Angeles: In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat with a pitchfork to find out how much lead it has absorbed. The plant's delicate white and pink flowers belie an astonishing cleaning power, which scientists think could be harnessed to
Beijing: Skyscrapers in Beijing disappeared into the haze and air quality plummeted as China’s capital was enveloped in a dust storm and heavy pollution on Friday. Concentrations of the tiny PM2.5 particles that can reach deep into the lungs and bloodstream entered a dangerous range on
Paris: Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said. Superbugs — strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics — are estimated to have killed 1.27 million
New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to the “very poor” category on Tuesday morning from “satisfactory” on Saturday, data from the National Air Quality Index by Central Pollution Control Board showed. The national capital’s air quality index stood at 396 on Tuesday. On Saturday, it was