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.

Thunderbolts getting deadlier each year as country remains unprepared

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology admits it has not been able to fully utilise the only weather radar to its maximum potential.

Wildfires result in loss of forests and pollution, but what about wildlife

Nepal, which lacks a clear policy to deal with forest fires, has no mechanism to monitor how wild animals are dying and losing their habitats from fires, officials say.

Why Nepal is not on the list of invitees for climate summit called by Joe Biden

The country has failed to demonstrate its actions to mitigate impacts and make concerted efforts to show its vulnerabilities before the world despite bearing the brunt.

Higher altitudes beckon more wildlife in Nepal amid warmer climes

Experts and independent studies have assessed warming temperatures could be a contributory factor for movement of animals and insects towards higher altitudes.

Nepal has 752 one-horned rhinos, new census reveals

The population of the endangered species has gone up by 107 since 2015.

Experts urge long-term strategy for curbing air pollution in the country

Although forest fire has been the main factor of late, experts point out other causes like emissions from vehicles and construction and factory sectors, and open burning.

Tiger kills yet another person in Bardiya, this time a mahout involved in rhino count

The rhino census has been halted for two days following Sunday afternoon’s incident. On Friday, the count was also stalled in Chitwan after a wild elephant attacked and injured the enumerators.

Rainfall brings some respite from pollution but threat of more wildfires remains

With the rain, the number of wildfires came down to 59, air quality index to 42 from a high of 334, and visibility went up to 7,000 metres from 1,000 metres.

Nothing is being done to curb local pollution, environmentalists say

Vehicle emissions, industries, brick kilns and construction are major sources of air pollution.

Worsening wildfires a reminder that the country lacks clear policies

Despite their frequency, in which lives, wildlife and hundreds of thousands of hectares of green cover are lost, forest fire disasters have been largely ignored by authorities, experts say.