Air pollution is widely recognized as a major threat to public health, and while air quality data is widely available, the large-scale solutions are often difficult to enact. There are efforts in most ...

The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists ...

Air quality monitoring atop the U.S. embassy in Beijing led to increased collaboration on anti-pollution projects ...

The program had used sensors at more than 80 U.S. embassies and consulates to track air quality, mostly in places where such ...

Air pollution results in over 7 million deaths each year. In this episode of Possibly, we look at the most common way to measure air quality, the Air Quality Index, and what it means for you.

The Air Quality Index in Delhi dropped to 999 over the weekend, making it the most polluted capital city in the world. While the safe limit set by the World Health Organisation is 25, anything ...

This measure, based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency, evaluates states on the number of days the Air Quality Index in counties was not rated “good.” U.S. News calculated a ...

Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the entire world ... an air quality index or AQI ...

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. For more ...

It comprises two measures: the number of days with an air quality index below a certain threshold and the number of violation points against drinking water systems in each state. Learn more about ...