The Big Smoke developed in London on Dec. 5, 1952, triggered by a period of cold weather collecting airborne pollutants, mainly from the coal fires that were used to heat homes at the time, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This article is more than 7 years old. Three days after smog forced authorities in ...

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 ...

London's Great Smog of 1952 resulted in thousands of premature deaths and even more people becoming ill. The five December days the smog lasted may have also resulted in thousands more cases of ...

This article is part of Yahoo's 'On This Day' series. In 1952, a fog so thick that conductors had to walk in front of buses holding flares descended on London - and it left thousands dead. The Great ...

A team of scientists appears to have solved the mystery behind what caused the London killer fog that claimed thousands of lives decades ago. In December 1952, a thick and toxic fog covered the ...

A team of atmospheric scientists researching pollution in China say they've cracked a 60-year-old mystery — with research that explains not only the haze over Beijing, but also the remarkably toxic ...