Air quality levels have been a source of intense interest this week. There are a number of ways to keep track of them on your phone. By Jesus Jiménez As wildfire smoke from Canada continued to ...

The U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI) is the Environmental Protection Agency’s tool for reporting outdoor air quality and health.

Although the majority of wildfires are occurring in western Canada, smoke from these fires has been drifting eastward, impacting air quality in areas around the Great Lakes and the U.S. northeast, ...

Whether you’re concerned about wildfire smoke from Canada or other pollutants that make the air less breathable, it’s a healthy habit to always check the air quality index on your phone.

The classifications are based on a federal measurement system called the Air Quality Index. The Air Quality Index is used nationwide to measure the severity of air pollution and categorize the ...

An Air Quality Index reading over 100 will trigger an alert for vulnerable groups; levels over 300 will prompt alerts about very hazardous conditions for everyone. The AirNow website and app ...

If you need to be careful about what you’re breathing outside, these apps can give you useful ... The acronym AQI (for Air Quality Index) is quickly becoming as familiar as the term covid ...

0-50: Good According to AirNow, a website and app run by the EPA, an air-quality index of or under 50 signifies satisfactory air. Air of this quality poses minimal to no risk to humans.

And many are turning to a growing collection of apps and maps to help ... down to the neighborhood level. Air quality sensors, which measure the local air quality index (AQI), can help quantify ...

Odds are you’re encountering unusually high temperatures this week, as the southern U.S. experiences record heat because of a mass of scorching air and humidity. Since high temperatures ...

CENTRAL NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Although the iPhone weather app indicates that the air quality ... of Environmental Conservation, the Air Quality Index, or AQI, for Central New York is 51.