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 ...

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 people, along with a dozen cattle who choked on the poisonous air.

Could a fog really kill 12,000 people? Welcome to the Great Smog of London in 1952. Join Hank for a new episode of SciShow ...

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 ...

Seventy years ago, a thick smog covered London. The city is no stranger to its bouts of fog, but nothing compared to the Great Smog which descended on London on December 5, 1952. The smoke-like ...

The smog was so thick you couldn't see from one side of the street to the other The Big Smoke developed in London on Dec. 5, 1952, triggered by a period of cold weather collecting airborne pollutants, ...

On December 9, 1952 – 66 years ago today – a mixture of smoke and fog that killed thousands finally lifted over London. A thick cold fog had settled over the city four days earlier, trapping dirty ...

Kate Winkler Dawson's new book chronicles The Great Smog of 1952, when moist air from the Gulf Stream stalled for days over London, mixing with... 'Death In The Air' Revisits 5 Days When London Was ...

London's poor air quality was an issue for centuries, but between Dec. 5 and 9, 1952, a perfect storm of weather patterns helped create a tragic event that killed thousands, later sparking the Clean ...

I was recently re-watching the Netflix series "The Crown" ahead of the new season. I was reminded of a weather-centered episode during the first season, which depicts the beginning of Queen ...