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Delhi's Air Pollution Crisis

India's top court has declared vehicles as the primary source of Delhi's air pollution, per dw.com.

The Supreme Court emphasized that urgent action is needed to address the worsening environmental crisis in the capital, which ranks among the world's most polluted cities.

Adding to the concern, a Swiss group reported that Delhi's air quality was the worst globally on the eve of Diwali, as noted by scmp.com.

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01scmpscmp.com · 7 NovAir in India’s capital ranked world’s most polluted on eve of Diwali 02dwdw.com · 7 NovIndia news: Vehicles major cause of Delhi pollution, top court says 03dwdw.com · 7 NovIndia: Why does Delhi fail to tackle its air pollution crisis every year? 04reutersreuters.com · 7 NovDelhi world's most polluted major city on eve of Diwali, Swiss group says

Open data on the globe —

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Smog in the air
PM2.5 over New Delhi: 97.8 µg/m³ · 6.5× WHO's daily guideline
NO₂ 53.1 µg/m³ · US AQI 173 · highest nearby 148 µg/m³
model of the air right now
“The air here holds about 97.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic metre, 6.5 times what the WHO considers safe for a day.”
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Why these floors —

E3 · E10 · E7 · E9 · E11

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, E7 ecosystems, E9 cultures and E11 organizations.

Here it is a dynamic between chemistry, institutions and ecosystems: air pollution and world's most polluted cities (E3 chemistry), with vehicles and environmental crisis (E10 institutions), and air quality (E7 ecosystems).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E3 Chemistrymain floor

The floor of chemistry: what is in the air and ground. In this briefing: air pollution, world's most polluted cities.

E10 Institutions

The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: vehicles, environmental crisis.

E7 Ecosystems

The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: air quality.

E9 Cultures

The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Diwali.

E11 Organizations

The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Swiss group.