Fireworks are used all around the world for festive occasions, but some events – like 4th July in the US – can experience a significant uptick due to religious or national celebrations. While fireworks are our prettiest type of air…
Smoke haze impacts multiple countries across Southeast Asia every year, affecting agriculture, economy, and health to such a degree it’s become known as the ‘Asian haze’ phenomenon and created major public outcry for better air quality management solutions. Let’s dive…
As climate change makes pollen seasons longer and more unpredictable, allergy sufferers face a bigger daily health challenge. But to solve a problem we must first understand it: let’s explore what exactly pollen is, why it makes people sneeze and…
Many of us have heard about the ozone layer in the atmosphere which is essential to human life and protects us from UV radiation. But there is also ‘bad’ ozone – a harmful air pollutant that poses a major threat…
BreezoMeter was honored to join Texas A&M University for a scientific research project that linked hurricanes to serious spikes in air pollution. The research paper was recently published in the International Journal of Environmental research and public health as part…
Seeing two or more air quality data sources saying completely different things can be confusing. Let’s explore some of the reasons why BreezoMeter and your local air quality source may at times show different reports for the same area at…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed two air quality Indexes for communicating air quality to the public, the U.S AQI and the Nowcast AQI. (N.B The Nowcast is used for all the AQI values reported on the…