and forecast models to provide real-time air quality index (AQI) readings for more than 1,000 locations. Los Angeles’ air quality is closely tied to weather patterns. Clear, breezy days help ...

Rather than relying solely on the Air Quality Index, Wexler recommends checking out PurpleAir Map, which tells you where the plumes of smoke are in real time. "If the plume is where you are or ...

The Air Quality Index, set by the Environmental Protection Agency, is your guide to how bad the air quality is outdoors. The data that goes into the Air Quality Index comes from 5,000 air monitors ...

Pollution in many regions and Africa most especially, leads to complex issues that go beyond environmental concerns, ...

Google Maps has rolled out a new feature that will allow users in India to monitor real-time air quality index (AQI) data. This feature provides data like pollution levels which tend to rise with ...

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Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.

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 ...