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Key information, including air quality indices/measurements
Air pollution @ Berkeley Earth
Air Now [USA only]
PurpleAir: Real Time Air Quality Monitoring
World's Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality index
· A global map of air quality that is searchable and exceptionally helpful, this map resource
is produced by the "World Air Quality Project" based in China.
· The map is also accessible via a different base URL that opens with a map of Asia.
State of Global Air initiative
General information
Air quality @ UCAR Center for Science Education
Glossary of Air Pollution Terms and Abbreviations @ LouisvilleKy.gov
Hazardous air pollutants @ USEPA
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT)
How to deal with air pollution during travel
Keeping the Air Clean: A Guide to Air Pollution
· Commercial website, but useful assortment of info
Tracking the cost of air pollution @ Greenpeace
Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum @ SEI
· Seems defunct as of 2012
Explainers
Air pollution @ Wikipedia
News & blogs
Atmospheric Sciences Blog @ European Geosciences Union
· Blog
Periodicals
Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association
Documentary films
· Note: halfway throug there is a commercial for a tire store.
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air
· There are a number of versions of this film online; this one seems to have the most useful
English subtitles. The overarching topic of this film is climate change, but there is extensive
discussion of air pollution.
Air pollutants ~ Definitions & differentiation
Air quality and health: Types of air pollutants @ WHO
Biology LibreTexts: Air Pollution
Acid rain
Acid rain @ Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Acid rain @ National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Acid rain @ National Geographic
Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain
· 1981-1990; link is to archive page.
Symposium: 50 years of acid rain research and control
Indoor air quality
Air pollution & transboundary air pollution (TBAP)
Contents of this page:
· Key information, incluing air quality indices/measurements
· General information
· Explainers
· News & blogs
· Air pollutants ~ Definitions & differentiation
Also see:
· World geography & transboundary regions hub for regional information on TBAP
· Countries·Nations·States hub for country-specific information on air pollution
Jonah Gruber of Brandeis University contributed to this page in 2023.