DFFE's R600m proposal to improve air-quality monitoring
Air pollution claims roughly 42,000 South African lives every year — yet more than half of our government-owned monitoring stations are completely offline. Now the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has launched an ambitious new R625m proposal to overhaul this strategic grid, hand the reins over to the South African Weather Service and give a boost to environmental governance.
DAILY AIR QUALITY UPDATE
#Feinstaub in
#Cannstatt /
#Stuttgart (09.06.2026 20:06 CET)
PM10: 2.3 µg/m³
PM2.5: 1.2 µg/m³
Details:
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#Luftverschmutzung #Particulatematter #Opendata #Civictech #Airrohr #Airpollution #Airquality
This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring
Thailand's PM2.5 crisis has become a chronic economic burden, with losses exceeding 5 billion baht as structural weaknesses continue to undermine efforts to curb pollution, according to Kasikorn Research Center.
#Thailand #AirPollution #ฝุ่น #ฝุ่นPM25
https://www.thaienquirer.com/70830/pm2-5-costs-thailand-more-than-b5-billion-as-structural-flaws-prolong-crisis-kasikorn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
DAILY AIR QUALITY UPDATE
#Feinstaub in
#Cannstatt /
#Stuttgart (08.06.2026 20:06 CET)
PM10: 7.2 µg/m³
PM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³
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China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths
China's rapid switch to electric vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, new study reports.
The ratio of water to microbial life in fog rivals that of oceans and lakes, new research has found. Sounds gross, but it's actually good news.
https://gizmodo.com/fog-is-teeming-with-life-but-what-it-eats-is-the-weird-part-2000768534
#science #environment #biology #AirPollution
Fog Is Teeming With Life—But What It Eats Is the Weird Part
The ratio of water to microbial life in fog rivals that of oceans and lakes, new research has found. Sounds gross, but it's actually good news.
DAILY AIR QUALITY UPDATE
#Feinstaub in
#Cannstatt /
#Stuttgart (07.06.2026 20:06 CET)
PM10: 3.9 µg/m³
PM2.5: 1.7 µg/m³
Details:
https://maps.sensor.community/#15/48.8040/9.2280 This is a bot. Code is available on github aschuma/air_tweets.
#Luftverschmutzung #Particulatematter #Opendata #Civictech #Airrohr #Airpollution #Airquality
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