Vast plumes of smoke have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plains between October and December as farmers burn crop residue ...

Tiny air pollution particles commonly called soot, but also known as black carbon, are in the air and on the move throughout our planet. The Indo-Gangetic plain, one of the most fertile and densely ...

Kolkata: Kolkata was found to have the third best air quality among million-plus cities in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) city in April, calculated on the PM2.5 concentration in the ambient air.While ...

A study of 141 cities in India from 2003 to 2020 using satellite-retrieved aerosol data reveals a surprise — aerosol levels were significantly high in 57% of cities compared with the surrounding areas ...

Kolkata ranks third cleanest in the Indo-Gangetic Plain for PM2.5 levels in September 2025, with 22 microgram per cubic metre, slightly above WHO limits. Varanasi leads the region, while Ghaziabad is ...

Although humidity is the highest during early mornings, when combined with high temperature, high humidity significantly worsens heat stress on the human body. Over half of India’s districts, which ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), marking the “Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies” on Sunday, highlighted the complex relationship between air quality and climate while underscoring ...

This image shows a blanket of haze is common in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The haze piles up along the Himalaya Mountains, forming a strip of white-gray that obscures the ground. The Moderate Resolution ...

KOLKATA, India, Jan. 6 (UPI) --A new image from NASA's Earth Observatory mission shows what happens when widespread pollution meets a temperature inversion. Currently, a massive blanket of haze hangs ...

Satellite-based data and models show that irrigation has contributed considerably to an increase in moist heat over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the past four decades 1. Such an increase in moist ...

The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), home to over 900 million people, has experienced a marked rise in air pollution as well as winter fog episodes, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on ...