Delhi Pollution

NASA MISR satellite image showing a thick haze of air pollution blanketing the Indo-Gangetic plain over northern India

October 18, 2026

Delhi Hits 10-Year Record With 211 Clean Air Days As Winter Smog Returns

Delhi residents scrolling through government announcements this week saw a number worth remembering: 211. That is how many days in 2026 the capital’s air has stayed within official clean limits, the city’s

Massive wildfire burning forested hillsides in southern France with thick orange smoke and firefighting aircraft in the distance

Environment·Health·USA

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Mid-Atlantic as Code Purple Air Alerts Spread Across Five States

Code Purple air quality alerts blanketed the Mid-Atlantic region on August 15, 2026, as smoke from Canadian wildfires degraded air quality to hazardous levels across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. The AirNow index showed

August 15, 2026