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A combination of hot temperature and high air pollution is associated with increased risk of suicide in the following days, ...

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Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths worldwide each year, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) identified as a ...

Air pollution is known to cause health problems in humans, such as respiratory issues and cancer, so it might not be surprising that it also affects other creatures. But in ants, the common pollutant ...

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Oil fires can also release sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which can form acids if they dissolve in rainwater, as well as other ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats affected by air pollution are attacked when they re-enter the colony. The ...