Poor environmental and water management have turned the delta into one of the largest polluted areas on the planet. Millions of people and migrating birds are at risk of exposure to waterborne contaminants.
After decades of racist planning decisions, areas with a larger share of non-white people experience more air pollution than whiter but otherwise similar areas, the USC study finds.
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC conducted one of the first-ever studies showing that electric cars are associated with real-world reductions in both air pollution and respiratory problems.
Infants with low birth weight face increased risks of mortality and a multitude of long-term health troubles.
Researchers from USC and Kaiser Permanente conducted the first individual-level study of air pollution exposure and COVID-19 vaccination.
How do you measure a cloud? How do you count a swarm of bees? Machine learning provides insights into complex natural phenomena.
USC spatial scientist John Wilson discusses the benefits of more trees in the urban core, the differences between Beverly Hills and Boyle Heights, and how trees will shape L.A.’s future.
EARTH WEEK: Wood burning stoves are fouling the air in Fairbanks. USC Viterbi is bringing together students from across the university to clean the city’s air with “chimney cherries” that filter out smoke particles.
In the wake of the pipeline rupture off the coast of Southern California, the director of the USC Wrigley Institute discusses the dangers of transporting oil through miles of pipes.
A network of Southern California radar stations, including six maintained by the institute, provide information critical to the cleanup.
Researchers say their studies on air pollution and cognitive decline — one involving humans and one with mice — provide evidence that cleaner air may reduce risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Fine particle pollution may be one reason why Black women have double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s than white women, new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC suggests.
The devices installed by USC’s William Berelson will help create a detailed map of greenhouse gases and other noxious emissions in various Los Angeles neighborhoods.
An air sampling method created by USC Viterbi researchers to measure air quality has been adopted by the Department of Homeland Security to better understand COVID-19’s spread.
Factors like less access to nutritional foods and more exposure to pollution may impact the brain’s structure and volume, a new USC study finds, altering how children read and think.
Signs of pre-symptomatic stiffening of the arteries were seen in kids with daily exposure to auto emissions, a USC study finds.
High levels of fine particle pollution are associated with brain shrinkage patterns common in Alzheimer’s disease, a USC study finds.
USC experts explain why the worst wildfires in California’s history are just a preview of climate change’s eventual impact on our everyday lives.
USC researchers are investigating the impact of fine particle pollution on child brain growth and in older women who aren’t eating enough fish.
A first-of-its-kind USC study found that factors like secondhand smoke and a lack of exercise were associated with a higher BMI during childhood.
A wristband-app combination — developed by USC Viterbi and the Keck School of Medicine of USC — will monitor prenatal exposure to harmful gases and suggest strategies to keep newborn brains safe.
Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to fine particle pollution had declines in memory and physical brain changes that were not seen in women who breathed cleaner air.
USC scientists have linked nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter reductions to a decrease in new asthma cases, reinforcing the health detriments of air pollution.
A new USC study revealed high amounts of lead in the teeth of children in five Los Angeles communities and reinforced the need to test for lead exposure before and during pregnancy.