Been monitoring #particulate pollution for a while now and today was not good 🙄 A peak of 58 ug/m³ and a mean of 51... #airquality

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"...increasing the #ethanol content in California #gasoline from the allowable 10% to 15% reduced harmful vehicle #emissions, including #nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are a primary precursor to ground-level #ozone formation, and #particulate emissions." […]

Reduced air pollution is making clouds reflect less sunlight Between 2003 and 2022, clouds over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific became less reflective, allowing more sunlight to reach the ocean surface and causing sea surface temperatures to rise.

Reduced air pollution is making clouds reflect less sunlight theconversation.com/reduced-air-... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Particulate #Pollution #Clouds #Dimming #Ocean #Heatwaves #NorthAtlantic

#Food is #Medicine as well as a nexus of interconnections to geolocal #FungalMantle, #flora, #fauna, #particulate and #chemical 'communication' channels.

When we can audit genetic causality over time, this world will need both seat belts and shades. And most likely, a handkerchief. 🫂

#Naturalism

Emissions from Portugal and Spain's wildfires threaten Europe's air quality Emissions from Portugal and Spain's wildfires threaten Europe's air quality; wildfires "permanent source of polluting and harmful particles”

Emissions from Portugal and Spain's wildfires threaten Europe's air quality www.portugalresident.com/emissions-fr... #ClimateCrisis #Heatwave #Wildfire #Particulate #Pollution #Spain #Portugal #Europe

Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN Wildfires are releasing a "witches' brew" of pollutants that can end up wrecking air quality a continent away from the blaze, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday.

Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN phys.org/news/2025-09... #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire #Particulate #Pollution #Worldwide

inside front cover article in " #Environmental #Science: #Atmospheres" by @hh24.bsky.social et al. provides "A comparative study of methods for calculating the #oxidative potential (OP) of atmos. #particulate matter": pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... / @tropos-de.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social #UGA

Millions told to monitor shortness of breath, unusual fatigue Air quality alerts have been issued across 12 states for Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

[U.S] Millions told to monitor shortness of breath, unusual fatigue www.newsweek.com/millions-tol... #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire #Ozone #Particulate #Pollution #America

AirNow.gov AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. Our recently redesigned site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and...

#MaskUp #NYC - our air quality index is ORANGE; up to 130, unhealthy for sensitive groups (101-150)! And most of it is not ozone, it's smoke particulate matter, I believe. #respirator #mask #airborne #particulate #matter #lung #heart #unhealthy #air #smog #smoke www.airnow.gov?city=New%20Y...

#EMST

🛢️Water quality, trace gas, particulate matter, and effluent emissions were quantified near cement and oil factories and nearby suburban areas within Delta Nigeria.

#Emission #Particulate

Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/...

Global lung cancer mortality related to tobacco drops, particulate matter rises in 2019 From 1990 to 2019, global lung cancer mortality rates related to tobacco have gone down, whereas rates related to ambient particulate matter have gone up, according to results published in eClinicalMe...

Global #lungcancer #mortality related to tobacco drops, #particulate matter rises in 2019 www.healio.com/news/pulmono...

AOD is more relevant to the radiative impacts of aerosols and its spatially continuous measurements are available over multiple decades now. In comparison, ground-level #particulate matter, which is more relevant to #humanhealth rarely have long-term measurements in #India. [8/n]

This long thread (with info from @Wikisteff) explains how molecules detected in our olfactory receptors as #smells can pass through material in #masks, #respirators, and #filters (HEPA/MERV-13/CR Boxes) while still blocking tiny particles like #viruses and #particulate matter. 2/

#AirQo: An #OpenSource #3Dprinted #particulate matter #air #quality sensing kit designed for low-resource settings:
doi.org/10.1016/j.oh...
#DIYtech #sensor #pollution #FrugalScience #environment #instruments

#COVID19 & #lockdown/#shutdown: The local #airquality is always a result of #emissions, #chemical processes & transport of #particulate matter. A statement @tropos_eu > www.tropos.de/en/current-issues/press-... / @LeibnizWGL...

The ship is running its main engines now. When at sea, these ships burn 1,400 gallons of the dirtiest diesel on the planet each hour. That’s 250 tons or 66,000 gallons a day. #climate #Particulate

Ooh, what do we have here? It's our friendly neighbourhood #particulate #AirPollution source, right outside my house (#Sanderstead, #SouthCroydon). No attempt at dust suppression. Unimpressed.