The Air Quality Index (AQI) can tell you a lot about the health of the environment, but there are still measures you can take ...

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Air quality in wildfire-stricken Los Angeles improved on Thursday from hazardous peaks hit earlier this month, as tiny soot ...

By Aaron Schrank/LAist Originally published Jan. 14, 2025 Angelenos still bothered by the smell of smoke may be surprised to ...

I've lived in Oregon for a decade, meaning I've experienced multiple wildfire seasons. You learn quickly, in these conditions ...

The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category, as per data from the Central Pollution Control ...

However, during different periods during the day, for several hours at a time, the density of pollutant particles in the air, also judged on the AQI scale, shot up to ‘very poor’ levels (301 ...

According to the standard AQI scale, readings from 0 to 50 are considered good, 51 to 100 satisfactory, 101 to 200 moderate, 201 to 300 poor, 301 to 400 very poor, 401 to 450 severe, and above 450 ...

at the higher end of ‘moderate’ on the AQI scale, several stations had it much worse. This was a negligible improvement from Saturday, when overall AQI was 188. Four air quality monitoring ...

Mumbai’s overall average AQI, however, stood at 179 (moderate). The AQI scale categorises air quality as ‘good’ from 0-50, ‘satisfactory’ from 51-100, ‘moderate’ from 101-200 ...