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The Air Quality Index is a tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to communicate outdoor air quality. It’s a scale of 0 to 500, with the higher number indicating the air ...
All data are valid for the year 2022 and are taken from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) of the University of Chicago.In addition to particulate matter pollution, the modeled potential loss of life expectancy of the population due to particulate matter pollution is given.
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk.
The AQI uses a scale that typically ranges from zero to 500 to denote air quality. If your area has an AQI of 50 or below, you're in a green zone. If your area has an AQI of 50 or below, you're in ...
This list contains the top 500 cities by PM2.5 annual mean concentration measurement as documented by the World Health Organization covering the period from 2010 to 2022. The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries.
The Big Apple is suffering record levels of air pollution as wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada shuts down airports and cancels Wednesday’s MLB game between the Yankees and the White Sox
PM 2.5 AQI of US monitors, calculated utilizing NowCast, courtesy US EPA PM2.5 AQI map, calculated utilizing NowCast, courtesy US EPA. The PM (particulate matter) NowCast is a weighted average of hourly air monitoring data used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for real-time reporting of the Air Quality Index (AQI) for PM (PM 10 - particles less than 10 micrometers ...
Los Angeles Air Quality Index map. Extreme fire behavior, including "short and long-range spotting," continues to challenge firefighting efforts, Cal Fire said in an incident update Wednesday. The ...