La saison des feux commence et l'été devrait battre tous les records de chaleur. J'ai pensé acheter un masque pour courir. Et je m'enlignais vers le Respro Ultra-light. Avez-vous déjà couru avec un tel masque ? Est-ce supportable ?
Skąd biorą się umowne skale w aplikacjach pokazujących #jakośćpowietrza, skoro dzisiejsze powietrze w Ursusie, którym nie da się oddychać, określane jest jako "przeciętne"?
We got married in our home town of #Lahore last Sunday & decided to use the opportunity of our friends & family gathered under one smog-filled sky to raise awareness about the #ClimateCrisis & platform local climate activists.
Its going to take time to get our own snaps sorted, but heres a thread of the highlights with links to sites/socials:
#ClimateChange is a huge topic, even when talking locally, so we decided to focus on the two most immediate threats to the city - #Smog (air pollution) & #Heatwaves.
We shot short videos on these topics & placed their QR codes at the #ClimateWedding for our guests, explaining the issue & what could be done about it.
(p.s. english subtitles for the videos are still being worked on)
Abbiamo superato il ricchissimo Lussemburgo, e siamo arrivati a 684/1000. Un numero francamente assurdo, che include tutte quelle persone che non guidano. Infatti abbiamo più auto che patenti.
#Montreal smog warning, just in time for a current events discussion. An inversion, I think (air doesn't get cooler the higher you go), trapping exhaust and smoke near the ground...
Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of #lahore the provincial #government said.
Smog in Neu-Delhi: Grundschulen bleiben geschlossen
Wegen des Smogs in der indischen Hauptstadt Neu-Delhi bleiben dort die Grundschulen für zehn Tage geschlossen. Verbessert sich die Situation nicht, könnte der Straßenverkehr eingeschränkt werden. Von Peter Hornung.
Los Angeles' first documented smog attack — yes, we had smog attacks — was in 1943. We've been fighting the sources of pollution and the quirks of geography that trap it ever since.
The city of Pekanbaru in Riau has been blanketed by thick smog for the last couple of days following forest fires nearby and residents are told by the authorities to mask up.
This past week the Indonesian Environment Ministry was doing their best impression of the 2003 Iraqi Information Minister denying that the fires in Sumatra were the cause of smog across the ditch in Malaysia.
As smoke from unprecedented wildfires engulfs large parts of the East Coast, it is a good time to remember these words from indigenous scholar-activist Jack D. Forbes:
A low-cost, accessible, and effective air cleaner, the #CorsiRosenthal box is now being used as an open-source approach for reducing exposure to #wildfire smoke
Is your air quality #trash because of #ForestFires or #smog ? You might (absolutely) want to wear a #mask outside but what about your #dog ? Introducing Doggy Respirator 2000. It's made of a soft muzzle and two masks. I used a couple of blue ones because my N95 were thiiickkk. I cut them flat and fused the edges together with one of those mini bag sealers. Crap job but I'm too lazy for the sewing machine today. Version 2 will be N95 and a nicer look. Yay!
My friend @richSimcox made this nice video juxtaposing orange protest paint on a snooker table, and orange air in a city, with a soundtrack of someone's response to one or the other of those events.
Can you tell which they were responding to?
I liked it.
Which will get more engagement? My re-post here, or his on the site where the algorithm suppresses the kind of memes that it's owner doesn't like?
The sordid tale of L.A.'s forever war on smog (www.latimes.com)
Los Angeles' first documented smog attack — yes, we had smog attacks — was in 1943. We've been fighting the sources of pollution and the quirks of geography that trap it ever since.