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China has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.

China's air pollution could be damaging its agriculture as scientists find aerosols reduce the amount of light rain.

Methane emissions from rice fields could be cut dramatically by combining two simple farming practices, say researchers.

Sub-Saharan Africa is missing out on the benefits of biogas production due to a lack of local research, say researchers.

Burning biomass is largely responsible for the South Asian 'brown clouds' that cause severe health problems for the country's rural poor.

A study of the environmental and social impacts of different global energy candidates has rated biofuels as the least desirable option.

Glaciers in the Himalayas may not only be retreating but also thinning, leading to depleted water supplies in the next decades.

Pollution from South Asia is making its way to high altitudes in the Himalayas, and could be affecting the monsoon cycle in the area.

Over a decade after drafting the legislation, Rwanda is implementing a ban on gases that damage the ozone layer.

Scientists say that atmospheric models must be updated to incorporate the effects of brown carbon particles.

Post-combustion capture of carbon dioxide will be tested at a Chinese power station, thanks to Chinese and Australian cooperation.

Research indicates that falls in Northern Hemisphere aerosol pollution will bring more frequent drought to the Amazonian rainforest.

Tunisia and South Korea have signed a deal to improve Tunisian air quality monitoring and develop an air quality improvement strategy.

Researchers say black carbon emissions contribute more to global warming than previously thought.

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.

China has announced a plan to combine environmental and health research to fight the impact of pollution on its people.

Research shows that stalk burning in fields contributes significantly to China's carbon dioxide emissions.

The brown clouds of pollution over the Indian Ocean are contributing as much to atmospheric warming as greenhouse gases, say scientists.

Researchers say particles of air pollution are causing a reduction in rainfall in the mountains of northern China.