Environment

Utah is hosting the 2034 Winter Olympics, but three Utah State University professors say our air quality isn't up for the task.

We tend to think that using something until it wears out is good for the planet. But what do we do if the thing we’re using up and wearing out is damaging our environment along the way? When does getting rid of something that still works become the more sustainable choice?

Winged Bullets of Beauty: Their agility is beyond imagination, capturing their prey with a gaping maw while flying at maximum speed, winged bullets ripping through the air.

Scientists are flying research missions over northern Utah to better understand how ozone forms and how a shrinking Great Salt Lake, wildfire smoke, and other factors affect the state's air quality.

Moderate PM2.5 and ozone levels considered healthy in isolation pose greater risk to pregnant parents and fetuses when they coincide, new research shows.

Extreme heat accelerates chemical reactions that produce harmful ozone, which is especially a problem for major metro areas. Wildfires also create particulate matter that can impact health.

In keeping with our nation’s 250 year celebration, red, white, and blue have decorated Utah’s higher elevations from Tony Grove in the north to Cedar Breaks in the south.

Los Angeles and smog have been synonymous for decades. But the last smog alert happened in 2003, and lead has virtually disappeared from the air.

I had a festering contempt for any bird of the corvid variety—corvid meaning crows, ravens, magpies … you know, the boring/detestable birds.

A new Utah rule intended to protect the environment from unplugged oil wells would impose higher restrictions on companies with higher risk profiles.