After fires destroyed multiple neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, many residents looked up to find blue, smoke-free ...

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

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

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 ...

It's a numeric scale that goes from 0 to 500, in which the lower the number, the better the air quality. The EPA calculates the AQI based on five major air pollutants: ozone, particulates ...

The answer, technically, is both. In India, the AQI scale is capped at 500 and anything beyond that is classified as 'severe plus'. In an interview with the TOI, Dipankar Saha, former head of CPCB ...

Smoke from the blaze has significantly worsened air quality statewide, with some areas reporting hazardous levels exceeding 500 on the Air Quality Index (AQI).

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