City-run air monitors scattered around Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx show that air pollution spiked on Tuesday evening, then cooled off again before skyrocketing to new heights Wednesday afternoon.

It measured street-level air pollution at 150 locations from 2008-2009 and 100 locations from 2010-2013. The first year’s 150 locations are displayed on the map above.

0-50: Good, with little to no risk of pollution. 51-100: Moderate and really is not a risk to anyone unless they're unusually sensitive to poor air quality.The national weather service will often ...

Levels of the dangerous fine-particle air pollution known as PM2.5 are “exceptionally high” on platforms and train cars, according to the authors of a new study on New York City’s subway air ...

Air pollutants from fires as far away as Canada and the southeastern US have traveled hundreds of miles to spike pollution concentrations in New York City and Connecticut.

Sometimes, though, air quality alerts have nothing to do with pollution. In June 2023, smoke from that season's Canadian wildfires blew directly into New York City, leading to an extremely ...

How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s A new study shows how redlining, a Depression-era housing policy, contributed to inequalities that persist decades later in U ...

If you're concerned about how much pollution you might be facing on a daily basis, the researchers created a map where you can calculate how much PM2.5 you might be exposed to during your commute.

A new mission will provide hourly updates of air quality in the United States. By Delger Erdenesanaa When scientists switched on the instrument aboard a new satellite this summer, they got a ...

Five parks and sanitation vehicles that serve the South Bronx will get the mobile, solar-powered, air quality sensors affixed to their roofs for a four-week trial period.

New Yorkers taking the subway routinely breathe in toxic air pollution — and it's particularly bad for low-income Black and Hispanic riders, who tend to have lengthy subway commutes and multiple ...