New Delhi’s air quality deteriorated on Monday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) in both Delhi and Noida slipping into the ‘very poor’ category as a thick blanket of smog engulfed the region. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app, Delhi recorded an AQI of 310 on Monday morning, up from 277 a day earlier.

The worsening air quality comes as British artist Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods installation in Perth, Australia, recently drew attention to the health impact of air pollution through a sensory experience. The installation recreated the air quality and distinct smells of five locations — London, New Delhi, São Paulo, Beijing and Tautra, a remote peninsula in Norway — allowing visitors to experience the contrast between polluted and relatively clean environments.

Describing the experience, Rhys Heron, a representative of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC) that presented the installation, told ABC Perth that it takes visitors “from dense smog of New Delhi to…