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Assess Your Air Quality With This Mashup of Sensors
I was checking the air quality at my California abode the other day, and the first website I went to said the Air Quality Index was a lovely 40 or so. That seemed strange, given how smoky it was outside — so I tried another site: 400+. That also seemed strange, since it didn’t quite…
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How To Help Australian Bushfire Victims
As of Monday morning, ongoing bushfires have continued to devastate Australia. At least 24 people have died, many are missing, and roughly 4.9 million hectares and one thousand homes have been destroyed in New South Wales, one of the hardest-hit states. The fires have also ravaged the lands of national parks and impacted the air…
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Australian Bushfires And Climate Change: The Links We Can’t Ignore
Australia is facing a catastrophic bushfire season. It’s not yet summer but bushfires have already ravaged parts of NSW, Queensland and Western Australia with the first catastrophic fire danger alert being recorded in Australian history. But a lot of the dialogue has turned to how it got this bad. Climate change is being touted as…
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What Caused The Amazon Rainforest Fires?
At 3PM local time on Monday, Brazil’s largest city, São Paolo, plunged into darkness as a result of smoke from ongoing fires destroying the Amazon rainforest — thousands of kilometres away. This year, Brazil is witnessing a record number of bushfires. And the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has said the country’s government lacks the resources…