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Fire season?

May 25, 2021 desertairboss

Fire season? For those that believe that fire still has a season, it doesn’t. For those who know better, the…

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Two camels mosey about their day in Serengeti National Park in Africa. For AQAW2021 Day 5, we learn that air quality affects different species in different regions differently throughout the world.

AQAW2021 Day 5: Air Quality Around the World

May 6, 2021 desertairboss

AQAW2021 wraps up today, Day 5, with a trip around the world! It’s a bit easier to think of our…

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This image shows an all-electric, battery powered school bus. The bus helps illustrate a facet of the topic of environmental justice, namely where air pollution affects certain groups unequally, as is the case with school children who need school-provided transportation.

AQAW2021 Day 4: Environmental Justice Communities & Air Quality

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AQAW2021 Day 4 addresses environmental justice communities, an important part of air quality awareness work. The U.S. EPA defines Environmental…

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An Apple Valley resident adjusts the PurpleAir Sensor attached to the side of his house.

AQAW2021 Day 3 — Citizen Science & Air Sensors

May 4, 2021 desertairboss

AQAW2021 Day 3 features a not-quite-new phenomenon that’s helped enhance the conversation on air quality at home. We mean that:…

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Woman meditates on a large rock in a peaceful outdoor setting, breathing the clean ambient air.

AQAW2021 Day 2 – Asthma & Your Health

May 3, 2021 desertairboss

AQAW2021 Day 2 addresses the enormous connection between air pollution and asthma. Those with asthma are at increased risk of…

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AQAW2021 Day 1 — Wildfires & Smoke

April 29, 2021 desertairboss

AQAW2021 — Air Quality Awareness Week 2021 — is here and underway! Wildfires and smoke, in particular, made 2020 a…

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Filed under: air quality awareness week, aqaw2021, smoke, wildfires
Joshua trees, creosote bushes and a view of the San Gabriel mountain range from Eucalyptus Street in Victorville, California.

Earth Day Op-Ed: ‘What we all have in common’

April 22, 2021 desertairboss

As American novelist Wendell Berry wrote in The Unsettling of America, the earth is what we all have in common.…

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Filed under: air quality, earth day, emissions, joshua tree, mojave desert, ozone, san gabriels, victorville
This August 2018 photo shows a steady layer of ground-level ozone creeping up through the Cajon Pass and into the Mojave Desert Air Basin.

What is ground-level ozone?

July 30, 2020 desertairboss

What is ground-level ozone? Is it good or bad? The issue of ozone in the earth’s atmosphere can be confusing.…

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Filed under: air quality, high desert, ozone, palo verde valley, pollution, riverside, san bernardino
Air Quality Awareness Week 2020 wraps up with numerous educational resources for educators and families.

#AQAW2020 Day 5

May 7, 2020 desertairboss

Educational resources for families & teachers For #AQAW2020 Day 5, we wind down our journey along Air Quality Awareness Week…

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#AQAW Day 4 takes us on a journey around the world, studying the effect air pollution has on global air quality.

#AQAW2020 Day 4

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Air Quality Around the World #AQAW2020 Day 4, the next step in our Air Quality Awareness Week commemoration, takes us…

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