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Breathing Easy in Pinellas County: How residents are tracking air quality themselves
Breathing Easy in Pinellas County: How residents are tracking air quality themselves. From the March/April 2026 issue of Neighborhood News (Indian Rocks Beach, FL)
The end of 2025: Happy Holidays from Local Haze!
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re grateful for the growing community of citizen scientists and air quality enthusiasts who’ve made this year remarkable.
Toronto Residents Take Air Quality Monitoring Into Their Own Hands
Community-driven solutions emerge as wildfire smoke becomes the new urban reality The Local Haze team has been busy driving local public awareness of urban air quality through strategic community engagement. In the recent article titled “Low-cost air quality monitors can minimize growing wildfire smoke impacts” in Toronto’s the bridge newspaper, a critical climate reality is… Read More »Toronto Residents Take Air Quality Monitoring Into Their Own Hands
Measuring the Air: A Conversation with the AirGradient Team (Part 2)
We’re excited to share that Local Haze now supports AirGradient sensors. In this second post of a two-part series, we continue to highlight the innovative AirGradient team and their work.
Empowering the Air: A Conversation with the AirGradient Team (Part 1)
We’re excited to share that Local Haze now supports AirGradient sensors. In this first post of a two-part series, we spotlight the innovative AirGradient team, exploring the inspiration behind their technology, their mission to democratize air quality monitoring, and their vision for the future of grassroots environmental data.
Particulate Matter Summer: When Smoke Becomes the Season
Wildfire smoke is no longer an occasional disruption. It’s becoming the default.
AARP Senior Planet talk: Air Quality Monitoring by Citizen Scientists
Thank you to the AARP/Senior Planet team for hosting us early in 2025 for an invited talk titled “Air Quality Monitoring by Citizen Scientists“. In this presentation, we discussed our work to help democratize air quality monitoring through our design and development of the Local Haze air quality monitoring app, working to make air quality… Read More »AARP Senior Planet talk: Air Quality Monitoring by Citizen Scientists
Air quality data from United States Embassies is no longer available
The Local Haze team regrets to announce that air quality data from United States Embassies is no longer available. For years, our work on the Local Haze has relied on accurate, real-time air quality data from the US Department of State measured at US Embassies worldwide. The shutdown of this program is a blow to… Read More »Air quality data from United States Embassies is no longer available
Around the World in 80 Air Quality Sensors – Stop #7: Nairobi
We are taking a worldwide tour highlighting 80 AQI sensors around the globe, checking out how citizen scientists and air quality enthusiasts are monitoring their local air quality. On stop #7 we are checking out the air quality in Nairobi, Kenya!