Mongolia, a land of vast steppes and a rich nomadic heritage, is facing an unexpected challenge: air pollution. As the country urbanizes, coal-fired heating and industrial emissions have turned smog ...

The country’s rapid urban growth means it is suffering from numerous teething problems – how did authorities get it so wrong?

City smog may be damaging the lungs of urban children and giving them asthma, according to new research. The findings from a study of monkeys appears to confirm a link between asthma and smog that ...

Delhi makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. Thick smog covers the city, pollution levels skyrocket, and air quality drops to hazardous levels. It's a crisis that returns year after year, and ...

The sprawling city - a metropolitan area of more than 20 million people - has been blanketed in a thick cloud of smog since last weekend. Authorities blame the problem on dozens of wildfires that ...

as IQAir places Bangkok firmly in the top 10 of most polluted cities Bangkok was ranked as the eighth most polluted city in the world this morning, according to air-quality monitoring website IQAir.

Many residents were unsure whether they were witnessing fog or smog. The government air quality monitoring agency, SAFAR, clarified that the city was experiencing smog, not fog. Smog occurs when ...