Air Quality Statistics - The Kathmandu Post

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AQI	Air Pollution Level	Health Implications
0-50	Good	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
51-100	Moderate	Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
301+	Hazardous	Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

As winter sets in, Kathmandu is as usual doomed to breathe in toxic air

The bowl-shaped structure of the valleys, which are surrounded by high hills, traps the heavily polluted air brought by winds from north India.

COP26 and Nepal’s climate commitments

The pledges are ambitious yet achievable but implementation will be key, experts say.

Blackbuck population declines in Bardiya’s Blackbuck Conservation Area

Attacks from leopards and hyenas threaten the survival of the near-threatened species.

Ornithologists hint at slight rise in endangered vulture numbers over past two years

Give credits to awareness campaigns, youths’ involvement in conservation and coordination among community forest stakeholders for the increase.

What new global climate report that paints a bleak picture means for Nepal

While poor nations should press rich countries to scale up aid, they should also try to be part of the solution, experts say.

Country continues to receive above-normal rain three months into monsoon

The amount of rain received between June 1 and August 6 is 69.9 percent of the rainfall the country gets in the whole monsoon season, meteorologists say.

Lessons for poor nations as extreme weather events afflict rich countries

Experts say the developed world, whose affluence is enabled by what has caused global warming, must pay attention to help others to deal with the climate crisis.

Monsoon affects wildlife monitoring in Shuklaphanta National Park

Most roads through the national park have turned muddy and unmotorable, obstructing the movement of conservationists, workers and security personnel inside the protected area.

61 people were killed in the first month of monsoon this year

With three more months of monsoon remaining, the country could see more rain-related disasters, warns top official.

Expansion likely reason for more landslides on Muglin-Narayangadh road, experts say

It was expanded three years ago and measures to avert landslides may not have been taken. As the section is an artery of the economy, losses total hundreds of millions.