Air traffic controllers must be U.S. citizens under 31, pass medical and security checks, and specialized tests. The median salary for an air traffic controller was $144,580 in May 2024.

A new report on air quality across the United States offered a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an "F" in smog and soot ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Hot days can feel unbearable without a strong air-conditioning system. Yet many of us take these essential devices for granted. “The only time ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a ...

Smoke from raging Canadian wildfires is once again worsening air quality in some U.S. states. Parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other states were all ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the air inside your home may be more polluted than the air outdoors, even if you live in a large city center. One way to improve your air quality ...

Before we get carried away with what plants can actually do to purify air, most modern science suggests you'd need hundreds of plants to make a significant difference in air quality. But tech ...

An ATC outage at Newark airport has drawn more attention to an outdated system. Plans for a new air traffic control system were announced Thursday by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy amid a ...