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New Delhi, IndiaE3 ChemistryE10E9

Air Pollution Crisis Deepens

India's capital Delhi is ordering schools to switch to online classes as air quality worsens ahead of Diwali, Reuters reports.

Cricket matches have been relocated from Delhi due to surging pollution levels, France 24 notes.

Delhi braces for its annual 'pollution season' as smog shrouds the city, The Guardian pictures show.

The persistent air crisis in Delhi continues to spark debate on long-term solutions, dw.com reports.

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01reutersreuters.com · 6 NovIndia orders Delhi schools to offer online classes as air quality worsens ahead of Diwali 02theguardiantheguardian.com · 6 NovDelhi braces for ‘pollution season’ as smog shrouds India’s capital – in pictures 03france24france24.com · 6 NovCricket match relocated from Delhi as air pollution surges 04dwdw.com · 6 NovIndia: Why does Delhi keep failing to tackle its air pollution crisis every year?

Open data on the globe —

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Smog in the air
PM2.5 over New Delhi: 94.8 µg/m³ · 6.3× WHO's daily guideline
NO₂ 37.3 µg/m³ · US AQI 185 · highest nearby 167 µg/m³
model of the air right now
“The air here holds about 94.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic metre, 6.3 times what the WHO considers safe for a day.”
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Why these floors —

E3 · E10 · E9

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E3, chemistry; the pressure it names: air pollution. Its words also reach E10 institutions and E9 cultures.

Here it is a dynamic between chemistry, institutions and cultures: pollution levels, smog shrouds the city and pollution season (E3 chemistry), with air quality, long-term solutions, Diwali and air crisis (E10 institutions), and Cricket matches (E9 cultures).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E3 Chemistrymain floor

The floor of chemistry: what is in the air and ground. In this briefing: pollution levels, smog shrouds the city, pollution season.

E10 Institutions

The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: air quality, long-term solutions, Diwali, air crisis.

E9 Cultures

The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Cricket matches.