Cork-Air quality measurements taken last week when cruise ships – such as NCL’s Norwegian Star – visited Cobh, in Ireland’s Cork Harbour, show air pollution levels up to more than 250 times higher ...

A war between India, with its 180 nuclear weapons, and Pakistan, with its 170 nuclear weapons, could trigger a nuclear winter, with catastrophic global consequences. Scientific studies and climate mod ...

A constructive collaboration between the Danish Technological Institute, Uni-Tankers and Green Instruments on the development of an advanced flue gas sensor has resulted in the M/T Falstria Swan being ...

This abundance of carbon (soot) makes the smoke thick and black — akin to the smoke you might see from burning oil or rubber, which is rich in carbon-based particles. Meanwhile, white smoke is ...

This abundance of carbon (soot) makes the smoke thick and black – akin to the smoke you might see from burning oil or rubber, which is rich in carbon-based particles. Meanwhile, white smoke is ...

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...