The city saw its best air quality in four months on Thursday, as strong winds helped improve the air quality from poor to ...

Today’s air was classified as 'hazardous', referring to an alarming health risk to residents, according to the AQI index ...

Half a world away in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, on a similar afternoon ... particularly with the rise of cheap, low-quality garments—in a phrase, fast fashion—that have left them feeling ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, which scholars have spent hundreds of years searching for. While many believe these ...

Dust and ash left behind from the January wildfires in Los Angeles County can be irritating and hazardous to health when it's picked up by winds and spread throughout Southern California.

Maps show what to expect as the cold front arrives. The polar vortex is a large area of cold air and low pressure that normally spins over the North and South Poles. During the winter months and ...

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The AQI is measured on a scale from 0 to 500, with the lower the number, the healthier the air. (Getty Creative) ...

The ongoing wildfires that erupted across Los Angeles County last week have many residents worried about what they're breathing and how to keep their families safe. More than 5,000 people tuned in ...

But likely due to different calculations and processing delays, the air quality index reported by the same sensors can vary greatly from map to map. For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution ...