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Delhi Winters are notoriously known for bad levels of air pollution, but we often hear that air gets cleaner come Spring. We were curious what was happening in our own backyard, so we put out our Dylos Particle Counter on a rooftop near our Saket office. The Particle Counter measures particle counts between 0.5 …
In 2008, the Chittranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata published the results from a study examining the health of lung function among school children, aged 4-17, in Delhi. To test whether children in Delhi fared worse than those outside of the city, the study compared 11,628 children from different parts …
In the last couple of posts, we have mentioned that 13 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India. The rest are in Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Iran, and Bangladesh. But the top 20 rankings made us wonder, how does India compare to the rest of the world? To …
Much too visible, according to Astronaut Scott Kelly, who is finishing up his year onboard the International Space Station. On January 12th, Kelly posted the following picture, which shows northern Uttar Pradesh on the left, and the Himalayas and Nepal on the right. In December 2014, NASA released a similar picture highlighting …
Another year, another blast of winter pollution. Breathe safe this winter!
Another year, another Beijing winter. As winter arrives to Beijing, I got to wondering: how much worse is winter air? To get to the bottom of it, I analyzed the last seven years of US Embassy PM2.5 data. I found that the capital’s air has averaged 111 micrograms in the …
Air purifiers and air pollution are probably the last things that come to mind when thinking of Mongolia. But maybe it should be the first, given how bad the air there is. I was living in Beijing during the airpocalypse, so I decided to buy an air purifier. Then I discovered …
In places with heavy air pollution, going outside can often be daunting. Countries likes China, India and Indonesia see outdoor air pollution levels over 10 times the World Health Organisation safe limit. But are indoor PM2.5 levels any better ? I’ve tested indoor and outdoor locations around Beijing to see …
Air pollution or grasslands – which is more likely to come to mind when you think of Mongolia? Air purifiers and air pollution masks certainly aren’t top on the packing list when people are heading off to Mongolia, but should they? According to The Guardian, Ulan Bator is the world’s …
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