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We're a non-profit fighting #airinequality by harmonizing disparate AQ #opendata and convening community. Join Slack: https://link.openaq.org/joinslack
Do you believe, like Dr. Hodoli, that air quality data is a public good? In our last #GivingTuesday post, we ask you to consider a year-end contribution to OpenAQ: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Do you believe, like Dr. Hodoli, that air quality data is a public good? In our last #GivingTuesday post, we ask you to consider a year-end contribution to OpenAQ: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
OpenAQ's Clean Air Community Ambassador Program empowers the next generation of changemakers to tackle the global air pollution epidemic. Help us deliver this unique leadership training program by making a donation this #GivingTuesday or any day at: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
OpenAQ's Clean Air Community Ambassador Program empowers the next generation of changemakers to tackle the global air pollution epidemic. Help us deliver this unique leadership training program by making a donation this #GivingTuesday or any day at: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
OpenAQ is proud to be the world's largest open-source, open-access database of air quality measurements critical for research, communications and policy. You can support our efforts this #GivingTuesday and beyond at secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
OpenAQ is proud to be the world's largest open-source, open-access database of air quality measurements critical for research, communications and policy. You can support our efforts this #GivingTuesday and beyond at secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
This #GivingTuesday, we invite you to support OpenAQ in providing essential infrastructure for the pursuit of clean, healthy air. Contribute at: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This #GivingTuesday, we invite you to support OpenAQ in providing essential infrastructure for the pursuit of clean, healthy air. Contribute at: secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
This #WorldChildrensDay, let's remember how important #CleanAir is for children. As pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Lewis (Oregon, U.S.) stated, “Children are like hummingbirds; they breathe quickly and, for their size, end up with more #pollution in their lungs than adults.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This #WorldChildrensDay, let's remember how important #CleanAir is for children. As pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Lewis (Oregon, U.S.) stated, “Children are like hummingbirds; they breathe quickly and, for their size, end up with more #pollution in their lungs than adults.”
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rose Alani (from the University of Lagos in Nigeria) to our Advisory Board. She has extensive experience in air quality and environmental research. Welcome, Rose!
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rose Alani (from the University of Lagos in Nigeria) to our Advisory Board. She has extensive experience in air quality and environmental research. Welcome, Rose!
1/4 of strokes are linked to air pollution! See the impacts of air pollution on noncommunicable diseases: www.stateofglobalair.org/hap/noncommu...
Learn how air pollution impacts cerebral blood flow: www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
#SoGA2025 #ActOnNCDs #WorldStrokeDay
Learn how air pollution impacts cerebral blood flow: www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
#SoGA2025 #ActOnNCDs #WorldStrokeDay
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/4 of strokes are linked to air pollution! See the impacts of air pollution on noncommunicable diseases: www.stateofglobalair.org/hap/noncommu...
Learn how air pollution impacts cerebral blood flow: www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
#SoGA2025 #ActOnNCDs #WorldStrokeDay
Learn how air pollution impacts cerebral blood flow: www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
#SoGA2025 #ActOnNCDs #WorldStrokeDay
Our 2025 Community Survey is now open! Got a suggestion, comment, feedback, or testimonial about our platform? This is the perfect place for it:
link.openaq.org/2025communit... (leads to a Qualtrics survey).
Estimated to take about 10 minutes to answer. Thank you!
link.openaq.org/2025communit... (leads to a Qualtrics survey).
Estimated to take about 10 minutes to answer. Thank you!
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our 2025 Community Survey is now open! Got a suggestion, comment, feedback, or testimonial about our platform? This is the perfect place for it:
link.openaq.org/2025communit... (leads to a Qualtrics survey).
Estimated to take about 10 minutes to answer. Thank you!
link.openaq.org/2025communit... (leads to a Qualtrics survey).
Estimated to take about 10 minutes to answer. Thank you!
Welcome to our Advisory Board, Nikesh!
Nikesh Balami is the Co-founder and CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal - @openknowledgenp.bsky.social - a nonprofit civic tech organization. He is a civic entrepreneur, an open data advocate and a tech researcher.
Nikesh Balami is the Co-founder and CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal - @openknowledgenp.bsky.social - a nonprofit civic tech organization. He is a civic entrepreneur, an open data advocate and a tech researcher.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Welcome to our Advisory Board, Nikesh!
Nikesh Balami is the Co-founder and CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal - @openknowledgenp.bsky.social - a nonprofit civic tech organization. He is a civic entrepreneur, an open data advocate and a tech researcher.
Nikesh Balami is the Co-founder and CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal - @openknowledgenp.bsky.social - a nonprofit civic tech organization. He is a civic entrepreneur, an open data advocate and a tech researcher.
DYK that bone health is linked to #airpollution? Air pollution triggers an inflammatory response in bones, leading to degeneration & diseases like #osteoporosis. (Air Pollution and Osteoporosis: link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
Let’s reduce air pollution to protect our bones! #WorldOsteoporosisDay
Let’s reduce air pollution to protect our bones! #WorldOsteoporosisDay
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
DYK that bone health is linked to #airpollution? Air pollution triggers an inflammatory response in bones, leading to degeneration & diseases like #osteoporosis. (Air Pollution and Osteoporosis: link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
Let’s reduce air pollution to protect our bones! #WorldOsteoporosisDay
Let’s reduce air pollution to protect our bones! #WorldOsteoporosisDay
Throwback Thursday! In this blog from 2016 we describe the difference between “open data” and “open-source.”
Read "Is That ‘PM2.5’ on Your Grocery Store List?" at openaq.medium.com/is-that-pm2-...
Read "Is That ‘PM2.5’ on Your Grocery Store List?" at openaq.medium.com/is-that-pm2-...
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Throwback Thursday! In this blog from 2016 we describe the difference between “open data” and “open-source.”
Read "Is That ‘PM2.5’ on Your Grocery Store List?" at openaq.medium.com/is-that-pm2-...
Read "Is That ‘PM2.5’ on Your Grocery Store List?" at openaq.medium.com/is-that-pm2-...
Epidemiologists agree: Ambient air pollution has serious impacts on heart health. See “Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35138681/
Let’s ♥️ our hearts by reducing #AirPollution.
#WorldHeartDay
Let’s ♥️ our hearts by reducing #AirPollution.
#WorldHeartDay
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Epidemiologists agree: Ambient air pollution has serious impacts on heart health. See “Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35138681/
Let’s ♥️ our hearts by reducing #AirPollution.
#WorldHeartDay
Let’s ♥️ our hearts by reducing #AirPollution.
#WorldHeartDay
As described in "The growing impact of air quality on lung-related illness: a narrative review," in the Journal of Thoracic Disease, air pollution is linked to asthma, lung cancer, COPD and many other respiratory illnesses:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#WorldLungDay #AirPollution
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#WorldLungDay #AirPollution
September 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As described in "The growing impact of air quality on lung-related illness: a narrative review," in the Journal of Thoracic Disease, air pollution is linked to asthma, lung cancer, COPD and many other respiratory illnesses:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#WorldLungDay #AirPollution
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#WorldLungDay #AirPollution
We are overjoyed to welcome Minh Nghiem to our team. Learn more about Minh on our Medium blog site: link.openaq.org/Minh
We thank @harrissocial.bsky.social's Applied Data Fellowship program for making Minh's fellowship possible.
We thank @harrissocial.bsky.social's Applied Data Fellowship program for making Minh's fellowship possible.
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We are overjoyed to welcome Minh Nghiem to our team. Learn more about Minh on our Medium blog site: link.openaq.org/Minh
We thank @harrissocial.bsky.social's Applied Data Fellowship program for making Minh's fellowship possible.
We thank @harrissocial.bsky.social's Applied Data Fellowship program for making Minh's fellowship possible.
#ThrowbackThursday! In one of our very first blogs, 10 years ago, OpenAQ made the statement below.
Has OpenAQ played a transformational role in YOUR use of #AirQuality data?
Read "Filling The Air Quality Data Gap" at link.openaq.org/aq-data-gap
Has OpenAQ played a transformational role in YOUR use of #AirQuality data?
Read "Filling The Air Quality Data Gap" at link.openaq.org/aq-data-gap
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#ThrowbackThursday! In one of our very first blogs, 10 years ago, OpenAQ made the statement below.
Has OpenAQ played a transformational role in YOUR use of #AirQuality data?
Read "Filling The Air Quality Data Gap" at link.openaq.org/aq-data-gap
Has OpenAQ played a transformational role in YOUR use of #AirQuality data?
Read "Filling The Air Quality Data Gap" at link.openaq.org/aq-data-gap
Throwback Thursday! OpenAQ shares an anniversary with the Open Data Charter. In fact, we will both celebrate our 10th year this coming Tuesday, September 9.
Read this blog from 2022, which describes why we endorsed the international Open Data Charter: lnkd.in/gq4sDxG6
Read this blog from 2022, which describes why we endorsed the international Open Data Charter: lnkd.in/gq4sDxG6
September 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Throwback Thursday! OpenAQ shares an anniversary with the Open Data Charter. In fact, we will both celebrate our 10th year this coming Tuesday, September 9.
Read this blog from 2022, which describes why we endorsed the international Open Data Charter: lnkd.in/gq4sDxG6
Read this blog from 2022, which describes why we endorsed the international Open Data Charter: lnkd.in/gq4sDxG6
Did you know that OpenAQ is a non-profit, and that we have earned the highest ratings for transparency, cost-effectiveness & overall organizational health? Your donation will support a world where everyone breathes clean air, enabled by universal access to data. secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
August 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Did you know that OpenAQ is a non-profit, and that we have earned the highest ratings for transparency, cost-effectiveness & overall organizational health? Your donation will support a world where everyone breathes clean air, enabled by universal access to data. secure.givelively.org/donate/opena...
Big Updates from the AQI Hub! We've just published articles for 5 new countries including Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Monaco, and Uruguay. 🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇴🇲🇨🇺🇾 aqihub.info
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Big Updates from the AQI Hub! We've just published articles for 5 new countries including Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Monaco, and Uruguay. 🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇴🇲🇨🇺🇾 aqihub.info
How many different countries do we mention in our latest quarterly newsletter? Read what's happening around the world at: link.openaq.org/Q2ENEWS
And scroll to the bottom of our website to subscribe: openaq.org
And scroll to the bottom of our website to subscribe: openaq.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How many different countries do we mention in our latest quarterly newsletter? Read what's happening around the world at: link.openaq.org/Q2ENEWS
And scroll to the bottom of our website to subscribe: openaq.org
And scroll to the bottom of our website to subscribe: openaq.org
वायु प्रदूषण से प्रभावी ढंग से निपटने के लिए सरकारों के लिए वायु गुणवत्ता निगरानी और डेटा साझाकरण को प्राथमिकता देना आवश्यक है।
क्षेत्रीय रिपोर्टें (अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी में उपलब्ध) और मूल वैश्विक रिपोर्ट यहाँ पढ़ें:
openaq.org/about/initia...
क्षेत्रीय रिपोर्टें (अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी में उपलब्ध) और मूल वैश्विक रिपोर्ट यहाँ पढ़ें:
openaq.org/about/initia...
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
वायु प्रदूषण से प्रभावी ढंग से निपटने के लिए सरकारों के लिए वायु गुणवत्ता निगरानी और डेटा साझाकरण को प्राथमिकता देना आवश्यक है।
क्षेत्रीय रिपोर्टें (अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी में उपलब्ध) और मूल वैश्विक रिपोर्ट यहाँ पढ़ें:
openaq.org/about/initia...
क्षेत्रीय रिपोर्टें (अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी में उपलब्ध) और मूल वैश्विक रिपोर्ट यहाँ पढ़ें:
openaq.org/about/initia...
Documentation updates: the docs.openaq.org site now includes example code for common queries of the OpenAQ API in the Python SDK, OpenAQ R package and cURL. Check it out at: docs.openaq.org/examples/exa...
June 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Documentation updates: the docs.openaq.org site now includes example code for common queries of the OpenAQ API in the Python SDK, OpenAQ R package and cURL. Check it out at: docs.openaq.org/examples/exa...
Why does OpenAQ run the Community Ambassador Program? Who are the current and past ambassadors?What types of projects do they conduct? Dig into the details on our new dedicated website: ambassadors.openaq.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why does OpenAQ run the Community Ambassador Program? Who are the current and past ambassadors?What types of projects do they conduct? Dig into the details on our new dedicated website: ambassadors.openaq.org
Сегодня делимся данными о качестве воздуха в Центральной Азии из отчёта OpenAQ.
💡80% стран региона мониторят воздух, но только 60% делятся данными.
💡Загрязнение — один из главных факторов риска для здоровья в регионе.
📊 Читайте региональный и глобальный доклады: openaq.org/about/initia...
💡80% стран региона мониторят воздух, но только 60% делятся данными.
💡Загрязнение — один из главных факторов риска для здоровья в регионе.
📊 Читайте региональный и глобальный доклады: openaq.org/about/initia...
June 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Сегодня делимся данными о качестве воздуха в Центральной Азии из отчёта OpenAQ.
💡80% стран региона мониторят воздух, но только 60% делятся данными.
💡Загрязнение — один из главных факторов риска для здоровья в регионе.
📊 Читайте региональный и глобальный доклады: openaq.org/about/initia...
💡80% стран региона мониторят воздух, но только 60% делятся данными.
💡Загрязнение — один из главных факторов риска для здоровья в регионе.
📊 Читайте региональный и глобальный доклады: openaq.org/about/initia...
June 5, 2025 is World Environment Day! In 2025, World Environment Day is all about beating plastic pollution. It’s also a chance to talk about clean air!
Tackling plastic pollution means cleaner air, better health, and a stronger fight against climate change.
Learn more: worldenvironmentday.global
Tackling plastic pollution means cleaner air, better health, and a stronger fight against climate change.
Learn more: worldenvironmentday.global
June 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
June 5, 2025 is World Environment Day! In 2025, World Environment Day is all about beating plastic pollution. It’s also a chance to talk about clean air!
Tackling plastic pollution means cleaner air, better health, and a stronger fight against climate change.
Learn more: worldenvironmentday.global
Tackling plastic pollution means cleaner air, better health, and a stronger fight against climate change.
Learn more: worldenvironmentday.global
AQI Hub has a new look! Explore 25 different national/regional air quality index methods at aqihub.info. A complete site refresh built with @astro.build
June 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AQI Hub has a new look! Explore 25 different national/regional air quality index methods at aqihub.info. A complete site refresh built with @astro.build