Delhi’s air pollution turns ‘severe’ as temperatures, wind speeds drop Posted onNovember 14, 2024byRespro® UK Ltd Air pollution in India’s national capital increased to ‘severe’ on an official index on Wednesday for the first time this season as temperatures and wind speeds dropped, ...
The annual blanket of air pollution hanging over Delhi is due to a confluence of factors, but it's a serious health threat, and it's getting worse. Nov 4, 2022 2 high-rise towers no one ever lived in get imploded after 12-year legal fight ...
In the Indian capital, it is that time of the year again. Authorities are struggling to rein in severe air pollution levels, an annual and chronic health crisis that disrupts the lives of over 20 million in the city every year. On Tuesday, the air quality index veered close to the...
DSS also quantifies the effects of local and neighborhood emission-source-level interventions on the pollution load in Delhi. The DSS-simulated Air Quality Index for the post-monsoon and winter seasons of 2021-22 shows high accuracy (up to 80%) and a very low false al...
The paper also reports air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and air pollution index (API) in order to categorize the selected plants into sensitive and tolerant species against air pollution and their usefulness for green belt development in National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi. Two sites and ...
In the Indian capital, officials are struggling to reduce severe air pollution levels. Air pollution in New Delhi is a yearly and continuous health crisis that affects the lives of over 20 million in the city. On Tuesday, the air quality index came close to the level of 400 for tiny parti...
Air Quality Index (AQI) prediction is one of the hot topics in Air Quality research, which is helpful to evaluate the impact of urban air pollutants on human health.In the past ten years, people have learned that air pollution is a serious problem, Air Quality Index is a number, based ...
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the 24-hour average PM2.5 concentration in Delhi-NCR stood at 243 micrograms per cubic meter at 6 pm, more than four times the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic meter.The capital’s 24-hour average air quality ...
Year-to-year variability of oil pollution along the Eastern Arabian Sea: The impact of COVID-19 imposed lock-downs 2022, Marine Pollution Bulletin Citation Excerpt : Garg et al. (2021) have identified the reduced level of air pollutants such as PM10, NOx, NO, NO2, and SO2 by 61.6%, ...
In some parts of Delhi last month, pollution levels exceeded 1,750 on the Air Quality Index, according to IQAir, which monitors global air pollution. Any reading above 300 is considered a health hazard. During these weeks the pollution levels for PM 2.5, smaller particles which can penetrate...