City report · Guyana
Linden Air quality today
Air quality in Linden currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 48
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.8
- tree cover
- 35.4%
- trees in this area
- 111K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Linden, Guyana (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Linden · AQI 48 (Good)
Linden's tree count comes to 110,768 trees across 12.52 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Linden today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.8
PM10
11.7
NO₂
3.5
O₃
22.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
358.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Linden's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 37 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 10.
Where Linden stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Linden: Healthy tree cover
35.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
110,768
Target trees
110,768
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Linden lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linden has lost about 4,350 hectares of forest (about 6,100 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,350 haabout 6,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,490 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 368 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 254 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 892 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 170 ha | 172 ha | 342 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | 3 ha | 26 ha |
| 2003 | 27 ha | 7 ha | 34 ha |
| 2004 | 21 ha | 5 ha | 26 ha |
| 2005 | 43 ha | 8 ha | 51 ha |
| 2006 | 40 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha |
| 2007 | 17 ha | 6 ha | 22 ha |
| 2008 | 112 ha | 13 ha | 125 ha |
| 2009 | 101 ha | 31 ha | 132 ha |
| 2010 | 22 ha | 8 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | 82 ha | 11 ha | 93 ha |
| 2012 | 32 ha | 4 ha | 36 ha |
| 2013 | 106 ha | 6 ha | 112 ha |
| 2014 | 91 ha | 10 ha | 101 ha |
| 2015 | 49 ha | 12 ha | 60 ha |
| 2016 | 101 ha | 40 ha | 141 ha |
| 2017 | 75 ha | 17 ha | 92 ha |
| 2018 | 49 ha | 4 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 236 ha | 523 ha | 759 ha |
| 2020 | 163 ha | 61 ha | 224 ha |
| 2021 | 73 ha | 24 ha | 97 ha |
| 2022 | 170 ha | 15 ha | 185 ha |
| 2023 | 127 ha | 33 ha | 160 ha |
| 2024 | 339 ha | 553 ha | 892 ha |
| 2025 | 218 ha | 290 ha | 508 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Linden?
- Wildfirescan grow back32% · 1,410 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good31% · 1,330 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good15% · 638 ha
Also: towns and roads, shifting farming, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 22,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 23,300 ha
- Overall change
- +650 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linden grew from about 22,600 hectares to 23,300 hectares, a net gain of about 650 hectares (+2.9%). New forest grew on about 1,590 hectares, while 940 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Linden right now?
The latest reading for Linden shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Linden today?
At AQI 48 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Linden been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Linden's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 37 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Linden lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linden has lost about 4,350 hectares of forest (about 6,100 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 368 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 254 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linden grew from about 22,600 hectares to 23,300 hectares, a net gain of about 650 hectares (+2.9%). New forest grew on about 1,590 hectares, while 940 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Linden?
Linden has an estimated 110,768 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 35.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Linden need?
Linden has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Linden's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Linden; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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