A great thread about our #AirQualityStripes project, it has been fantastic to work with everyone making my idea (robbed from @edhawkins.org) a reality. We're going to run the whole lot again very soon to include the 2023 satellite data.

Oh, could we please have those for #Brussels as well?

Avec l'aide des @leschercheursdair.be, peut-être? @elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
#AirQualityStripes

Air Quality Stripes

7/ Explore the images for your city and see how air pollution has changed over time:
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
Let us know what you think – and share your stripe!
#AirQualityStripes #CleanAir #ScienceCommunication

4/ The #AirQualityStripes show air pollution trends clearly:
📉 Big declines in PM2.5 in Europe, North America & China
📈 Worsening air pollution in parts of Asia, Africa & South America

2/ 😷Long-term exposure to outdoor PM2.5 pollution is linked to millions of premature deaths each year.
Yet most people don’t know how air quality has changed over time in their city ➡️ cue the #AirQualityStripes.

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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Forgot to mention, it's #airqualitystripes

Great to see our #AirQualityStripes getting a mention in the recent article from @weforum.org - We got the nod in 4 - Data is Queen @kirstypringle.bsky.social
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Check out the stripes yourself..... airqualitystripes.info

In 2021, the WHO estimated that over 99% of the world's population 'lives' above their guideline for PM2.5 of 5 ug/m3
Some cities ARE getting better BUT very many still have a long way to go. The #airqualitystripes shows the trends from 1850 to 2022 in over 200 cities www.airqualitystripes.info

We (myself, @kirstypringle.bsky.social and others) created the #AirQualityStripes earlier this year, look like your sort of thing.... Airqualitystripes.info.

Air Quality Stripes now on #bluesky! 🌍

Let’s work towards cleaner air and blue skies across the globe!

#airqualitystripes #airpollution #bsky

Thanks Ed, I meant to get this sorted out a couple of weeks ago and your post about the #ClimateStripes this week reminded me, the 'upgrade' was done in minutes by the great tech team behind the #AirQualityStripes.

Hot off the presses this morning is @bsky.app sharing feature for our #AirQualityStripes (as ever thanks to Richard Rigby!) airqualitystripes.info/stripes/

Seeing through the smog for a clear view on India’s air pollution New tools transform data into striking imagery that could help inform policy, raise public awareness, and spark action

Great article on visual tools bringing India's #airpollution crisis to life.

Including "Air of the Anthropocene", "VayuBuddy" and the
#AirQualityStripes.
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Making pollution visible and relatable to inspire advocacy, and change.

#AirQuality #India #ClimateAction

www.nature.com/articles/d44...

A friend is in Agra to visit the Taj Mahal with his wife, a couple of his photos (~500m away). The region is infamous for quite horrific levels of #airpollution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...

Our #airqualitystripes show Delhi has got a very long way to go! airqualitystripes.info/stripes/?con...