Steel and coal-to-chemical industries have been migrating towards energy-rich western, central and southern China.

Air pollution causes cooling by reflecting sunlight or by changing the properties of clouds so they reflect more sunlight.

Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global ...

While trying to make the air cleaner in China and East Asia, regulators may have unintentionally triggered a surge in global ...

The speeding up of global warming has been largely driven by cuts to air pollution in China and wider East Asia, scientists ...

Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening ...

The cleanup of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming, a new study published today (Monday, 14 July) in ...

China’s smog reducing efforts improved public health - but may have accelerated global warming by reducing sunlight-reflecting aerosols.

PRC partnership significantly improved air quality in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region through a $2.55 billion program combining policy reform, green finance, and clean technology. The ...

China: Prolonged exposure to air pollutants may significantly raise the risk of developing psoriasis, with accelerated ...

China saw average concentrations of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5 fall by 10.8% from January to July as industry slowed because of the coronavirus, data showed on Friday, though ...