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🚨An Air Quality Action Day for Ozone has been declared for today, Tues. June 4. Sensitive individuals, including the very young, the elderly, and persons with respiratory diseases such as ...
The air quality index in New Jersey has returned to moderate levels after reaching unhealthy standards on Tuesday, triggering an air quality advisory from state environmental officials. "Sensitive ...
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The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) is a multi-state organization founded in 1991 and created under the Clean Air Act. [1] It is responsible for advising EPA on air pollution transport issues and for developing and implementing regional solutions to the ground-level ozone problem in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, collectively called the Ozone Transport Region (OTR).
Looking down from the Hollywood Hills, with Griffith Observatory on the hill in the foreground, air pollution is visible in downtown Los Angeles on a late afternoon.. Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials into the atmosphere that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damage ecosystems.
Ground-level ozone (O 3), also known as surface-level ozone and tropospheric ozone, is a trace gas in the troposphere (the lowest level of the Earth's atmosphere), with an average concentration of 20–30 parts per billion by volume (ppbv), with close to 100 ppbv in polluted areas.
As recent New York State DEC findings show, the air quality in Westchester's largest cities — Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rohelle — is in crisis.
Ozoneweb is an EEA website on near real-time ozone. The website allows the general public to track air quality in a specific region and on a European level. The website displays ozone levels via a map of Europe. Background information on ozone and its health impacts are also provided. Users can monitor ozone levels in a neighbouring country or ...