Yosemite National Park, CA Closed Due to Significant Smoke Impacts and Hazardous Air Quality Yosemite National Park announced yesterday that the park will close to all visitors and vehicular access due to significant smoke impacts and hazardous air quality throughout the park. All park entrance stations and roads closed from 5:00 pm last night, Thursday, September 17, 2020. Related: Smoke from Western U.S. Fires Has Reached Europe With air quality projected to be in […] Fire Firebrains | September 18, 2020 0 Comments
Denver’s Air Quality Right Now = You Smoking 2 Cigarettes A Day Smoke from wildfires in California is polluting the nation’s air big time, with smoke being seen and inhaled thousands of miles away. The air pollution as a result of the fires is so bad in Denver, Colorado right now, that for people living in the city, it’s about the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes a day. Chris Tomer, a Colorado-based […] Fire Martin Kuprianowicz | August 24, 2020 3 Comments
4th of July Fireworks Helped Produce Worst SoCal Air Quality in Over a Decade Even though it was illegal to set off fireworks in many parts of California during the 4th of July, it did not stop many in Southern California this year. The use of both legal and illegal fireworks produced some of the worst air quality in over a decade for the region. Related: Lake Tahoe Trashed by July 4th Revellers The […] Ryan Flynn | July 15, 2020 2 Comments
Alzheimer’s Found in Children of Mexico City; Airborne Particulates Worse Than We Thought We’ve always known dirty air is not ideal for human health. Air pollution is known to cause significant damage to your lungs and heart; the lungs inhale toxins and then the blood circulates them around to all your organs. But researchers are now confident that those particulates can destroy neurons in the brain, too. Related: A Massive 96% of National […] Brains Elliot Levey | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
Air Quality in Los Angeles, CA Best It’s Been in Decades | Traffic Down 80% Due to Lockdown Lockdowns enforced to help prevent the spread of coronavirus seem to be having unforeseen positive consequences. Yesterday we wrote about how the Himalayas can be seen from India for the first time in thirty-years due to reduced pollution, and this week analysts announced that the air quality in Los Angeles, CA is the best it’s been in decades. Related: India […] SnowBrains | April 9, 2020 0 Comments
Look at How Much the 4th July Fireworks Negatively Affect Air Quality Across the Country 4th July is always great American fun. Family, maybe skiing, beer and food, then fireworks. But with all those hundreds of thousands of pyrotechnics launching into the sky across the country, exploding their chemical noxiousness into the atmosphere, have you ever thought what effect that is having on the environment around us? Related: VIDEO: Avalanche Control In Kazakhstan Is SKETCHY | […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 5, 2019 0 Comments
Wildfire Smoke Causing Unhealthy Air Quality Across the Western United States Smoke from wildfires is blanketing the summer skies in the western US and Canadian cities so badly that weather experts are calling on officials to tackle ‘smoke season’ with the same urgency they use with heat waves and cold snaps. ‘There’s a smoke season, and it’s probably going to be more frequent and longer than it has been in previous […] Fire Firebrains | August 23, 2018 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Air Quality Index at “Unhealthy” Right Now Due To Wildfire Smoke video showing some of the destruction due to the Donnell Fire – the fire that is currently filling Lake Tahoe with smoke. The air quality in Lake Tahoe, CA/NV has been bad this summer and it’s terrible right now. An Air Quality Alert and Special Weather Statement have been issued for Lake Tahoe due to the unhealthy amounts of […] Industry News Firebrains | August 9, 2018 1 Comment
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