BEIJING--Authorities issued their highest warnings for fog and haze on Tuesday as smog enveloped major cities in northern China, warning the public that visibility could drop to less than 50 ...

Ozone pollution, typically associated with warm weather and strong sunlight, has begun to manifest alarmingly in winter. This ...

Note: no sound] Footage of the smog in Hebei shows scenes where people walking on the sidewalk can barely see the road ahead.

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. More than a million people in China died from the effects of ambient air pollution in 2016, according to the World Health ...

(Source: Council on Foreign Relations) New industries bring higher paid jobs and more money but they can also bring pollution. Many of the cities in China are amongst the most polluted in the ...

(Source: Council on Foreign Relations) New industries bring higher paid jobs and more money but they can also bring pollution. Many of the cities in China are amongst the most polluted in the ...