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Env 107L-6Air Quality and Global Warming
Env 107L-6Air Quality and Global Warming
Expansion of Water
What is Air Quality Index
(AQI)?
• The AQI is a tool for reporting daily air quality of any city or country
• It tells how clean or polluted the air is, and what associated health
effects might be a concern for public.
• In Bangladesh the AQI is based on 5 criteria pollutants; Particulate
Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone (O3).
• The Department of Environment (DoE) has set national ambient air
quality standards for these pollutants.
How does the AQI work?
• Think of the AQI value as a yardstick (table) that runs from 0 to 500.
• The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the
greater the health concern.
• For example, an AQI of 50 represents good air quality with little
potential to affect public health, while an AQI value of 300 represents
hazardous air quality.
• An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality
standard for the pollutant, which is the level that set by the mandated
Environment Protection Agency (e.g., for Bangladesh Department of
Environment) to protect public health
• Now carefully look at an example of AQI report of Dhaka city collected
by the US Embassy on 5th February 2020 which has been provided
below.
• Note that data from a single monitoring station cannot be applied to
an entire city. Therefore, air quality data collected at one monitor
station may differ from other monitors located in the same cities.
Question 1: Now look at the AQI value for Dhaka city today and write it down.
Global Warming
• Global warming is defined as a natural or human induced increase in the
average global temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface.
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Effects of Global Warming
Rising Sea Level Increased Temperature
Global Warming