Air Quality
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June 11, 2025
How air pollution affects childrenAir pollution threatens children's health from the womb through adolescence, increasing risks of respiratory, cognitive, and chronic conditions. Early exposure can cause lifelong harm, underscoring the need for monitoring and protective action.
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Clearing the air on climate change: how air quality co-benefits can help drive climate actionBy better understanding the relationship between air pollution, fossil fuels, and a changing climate, air quality co-benefits can be quantified to incentivize climate change action
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How low-cost air sensors empower economically developing nations to improve their air quality monitoring infrastructureEconomically developing countries can use low-cost sensors to leapfrog the traditional approach to air quality monitoring network design and cost-effectively measure air pollution.
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Examining the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s recommendations for the use of low-cost air sensors to modernize air quality monitoring infrastructureClarity examines the GAO report’s recommendations for the modernization of the U.S. national air quality monitoring infrastructure using low-cost air sensor networks.
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Exploring the intersection between wildfires and air quality in protecting public healthFour individuals working to improve public and environmental health through air quality monitoring reflect on the catastrophic 2020 wildfire season in Clarity’s webinar.
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What the Biden administration's Environmental Justice and Equal Economic Opportunity plan means for environmental justice and community air quality monitoring in the United StatesWith the signing of a series of Executive Orders on climate and the environment during his first weeks in office, Biden has reaffirmed his commitment to environmental justice.
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How community-based air quality monitoring is helping Bengaluru fight air pollutionLearn how community groups in Bengaluru are working with Clarity monitor fine particulate matter and improve pollutant levels. Working with Clarity to implement better air quality monitoring infrastructure has truly spurred a revolution in the way Bangalore thinks and acts on air pollution issues.
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Navigating wildfire season during a global pandemicAdding a global pandemic to wildfire season contributes greatly to the threat, and many are looking for answers as the two crises collide.