fireweed@lemmy.world to Climate@slrpnk.net · 21 days agoAir quality across the Eastern US & Canada right nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAir quality across the Eastern US & Canada right nowlemmy.worldfireweed@lemmy.world to Climate@slrpnk.net · 21 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
Screenshot taken from PurpleAir. 150 and above is considered unhealthy, 300 and above is considered hazardous. https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi
minus-squareTiresia@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoAt some point a dust bowl or flood will rip away the topsoil after a fire, and the forest will stop growing back. It’ll just be a barren desert. Of course then the dust and sand storms can still give you dust pneumonia, silicosis, and lung cancer, but technically that’s not the forests.
At some point a dust bowl or flood will rip away the topsoil after a fire, and the forest will stop growing back. It’ll just be a barren desert.
Of course then the dust and sand storms can still give you dust pneumonia, silicosis, and lung cancer, but technically that’s not the forests.