A great thread about our #AirQualityStripes project, it has been fantastic to work with everyone making my idea (robbed from @edhawkins.org) a reality. We're going to run the whole lot again very soon to include the 2023 satellite data.

Oh, could we please have those for #Brussels as well?

Avec l'aide des @leschercheursdair.be, peut-être? @elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
#AirQualityStripes

7/ Explore the images for your city and see how air pollution has changed over time:
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
Let us know what you think – and share your stripe!
#AirQualityStripes #CleanAir #ScienceCommunication

4/ The #AirQualityStripes show air pollution trends clearly:
📉 Big declines in PM2.5 in Europe, North America & China
📈 Worsening air pollution in parts of Asia, Africa & South America

2/ 😷Long-term exposure to outdoor PM2.5 pollution is linked to millions of premature deaths each year.
Yet most people don’t know how air quality has changed over time in their city ➡️ cue the #AirQualityStripes.

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
🧵👇

Forgot to mention, it's #airqualitystripes

Great to see our #AirQualityStripes getting a mention in the recent article from @weforum.org - We got the nod in 4 - Data is Queen @kirstypringle.bsky.social
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Check out the stripes yourself..... airqualitystripes.info

In 2021, the WHO estimated that over 99% of the world's population 'lives' above their guideline for PM2.5 of 5 ug/m3
Some cities ARE getting better BUT very many still have a long way to go. The #airqualitystripes shows the trends from 1850 to 2022 in over 200 cities www.airqualitystripes.info

We (myself, @kirstypringle.bsky.social and others) created the #AirQualityStripes earlier this year, look like your sort of thing.... Airqualitystripes.info.

Air Quality Stripes now on #bluesky! 🌍

Let’s work towards cleaner air and blue skies across the globe!

#airqualitystripes #airpollution #bsky

Thanks Ed, I meant to get this sorted out a couple of weeks ago and your post about the #ClimateStripes this week reminded me, the 'upgrade' was done in minutes by the great tech team behind the #AirQualityStripes.

Hot off the presses this morning is @bsky.app sharing feature for our #AirQualityStripes (as ever thanks to Richard Rigby!) airqualitystripes.info/stripes/

Great article on visual tools bringing India's #airpollution crisis to life.

Including "Air of the Anthropocene", "VayuBuddy" and the
#AirQualityStripes.
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Making pollution visible and relatable to inspire advocacy, and change.

#AirQuality #India #ClimateAction

www.nature.com/articles/d44...

A friend is in Agra to visit the Taj Mahal with his wife, a couple of his photos (~500m away). The region is infamous for quite horrific levels of #airpollution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...

Our #airqualitystripes show Delhi has got a very long way to go! airqualitystripes.info/stripes/?con...

Les bandes climatiques peuvent-elles changer notre façon de penser la pollution de l’air? (The Guardian)
theguardian.com/environment/...
Inspiré des bandes climatiques d'Ed Hawkins, le site Airqualitystripes permet de comparer la pollution de l'air dans 200 villes
airqualitystripes.info