Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments (ED) for mental health conditions, according to a new study.

Such initiatives are indeed a welcome move and hopefully would sincerely address the issue of climate challenges. The two committees’ common and key target issues such as, improving air and water ...

The health ministry issued a statement stating that Nepal has recently been listed among the most polluted countries according to the Air Quality Index (AQI). With Kathmandu's AQI level reaching 348, ...

KATHMANDU, April 4: A new analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has shown that denizens of the Kathmandu valley were exposed to high air pollution for 75 of ...

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smoldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke. "This beautiful, ...

Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Prakash Budhathoki urged vulnerable groups — children, elderly, ...

As air quality in Kathmandu hit the hazardous or extremely hazardous category this week, new ICIMOD analysis shows that high ...