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News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Air pollution — on the rise in Asia and Africa — is a major health threat, corrodes buildings, kills vegetation and is a leading contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and related climate change.
(Photo credit: Greenpeace/Yashwant, Shailendra)
Opinions and Analysis
Clean environment, clean bill of health
Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in The Lancet.
South-East Asia: stop the burning
South-East Asia must act quickly to stop farmers burning their land, say David J. Lohman, David Bickford and Navjot S. Sodhi.
23 April 2007
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Source: Science
Put an end to India's cooking-stove pollution
11 July 2003
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Source: Down to Earth
News and Features
Less pollution means more drought for Amazon rainforest
Research indicates that falls in Northern Hemisphere aerosol pollution will bring more frequent drought to the Amazonian rainforest.
Tunisia, South Korea partner to monitor air quality
Tunisia and South Korea have signed a deal to improve Tunisian air quality monitoring and develop an air quality improvement strategy.
25 April 2008
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South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
20 March 2008
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Information Services
Beating the
food price hikes
Using scientific methods to raise yields can combat rising food prices for the rural poor
The biofuels dilemma can be solved at sea
The case against growing biofuels on land is mounting. Let's grow seaweed instead
