Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1952, London was blanketed under a dark cloud of human-made air pollution known as the Great Smog. The smog killed about 12,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Big Smoke developed in London on Dec. 5, 1952, triggered by a period of cold weather collecting airborne pollutants, mainly ...

A new study on the worst pollution event in recorded history, what’s known as the London Smog, finds a staggering link between pollution and asthma. On Friday, December 5, 1952, a suffocating cloud ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In February 2015, journalist Kate Dawson was browsing the Getty Images website when she stumbled upon an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This article is more than 8 years old. Three days after smog forced authorities in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. This article is more than 3 years old. Fog and ice on ...

The Great Smog of 1952 took hold on London exactly 61 years ago, claiming an estimated 4000 lives. A spell of cold weather, combined windless conditions then gathered air particles mainly from the ...

The London’s Great Smog event of 1952 – five December days when a thick layer of smog covered the city – likely still affects some people’s health more than 60 years later, according to scientists ...