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.

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 ...

Donald Acheson knew London like the back of his hand. But while working a shift at a hospital in the bustling city center in December 1952, a routine errand turned into a disorienting—and ...

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, ...

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 ...

On December 5, 1952, the city of London was engulfed in a lethal black haze that killed thousands of people. This event, now known as the Great Smog, altered how London and much of the world viewed ...

Suzanne Bartington receives funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Natural Environment Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. William Bloss ...

Nicknames like a real "peasouper" or a "London Particular" make the quintessential foggy day in London Town sound so quaint — an impression that's been intensified in art and literature. Certainly, ...