According to atmospheric scientist Dr. Steven Businger—colloquially known as “Dr. Vog”—the Hawaiian Islands have been stuck in a historically voggy funk, reminiscent of the vog during the devastating ...

May 30 (UPI) --Officials in Iceland warned that gas pollution could take place in the nation's capital Thursday amid the ...

By the mid-1990s, most scientists agreed that human-made aerosols were acting like an ongoing volcanic eruption, and that air pollution had likely been masking the impact of global warming for ...

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has forced the evacuation of tourists and residents from the fishing town of Grindavik and the popular Blue Lagoon resort, reports BBC. The eruption began ...

Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano is close to erupting, according to scientists. The volcano is "releasing unusual levels of volcanic gases near its summit and from a flank vent that last erupted in ...

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity. Images show lava breaching the town's defensive ...

Power plants, factories, gas cookers, volcanoes, car exhausts and forest fires are all sources of particulate pollution. Among the gases, nitrogen dioxide is considered the most harmful.

Tourists and residents have been evacuated as a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland, threatening a town and popular attraction. The volcano has been spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of ...

In a volcanic event of this size ... Data captured by the ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-5P pollution monitoring satellite showed sulfur dioxide released from the eruption passing over Australia ...