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Jim McQuaid
@jimmcquaid.bsky.social
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airqualitystripes.info || Atmospheric/Climate Scientist #AirPollution (+health impacts) || 🚴‍♂️ Wetherby Velo plus a bit of 🏃
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · 1d
This was the best thing, bringing everyone together to make it happen!
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · 1d
A great thread about our #AirQualityStripes project, it has been fantastic to work with everyone making my idea (robbed from @edhawkins.org) a reality. We're going to run the whole lot again very soon to include the 2023 satellite data.
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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 6d
🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · 1d
This is exactly why we created them!
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 7d
Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes

Website: airqualitystripes.info

And paper led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social and @jimmcquaid.bsky.social now published which visualises trends in air quality across many global cities: gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/2...
Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes
Abstract. This paper introduces the Air Quality Stripes, a data visualisation project which presents historical changes in outdoor particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) concentrations across major ...
gc.copernicus.org
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Aug 17
So @microsoft.com close down #skype and seemt o have just pocketed what was sitting in my account ;-(
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Aug 8
NEW ANALYSIS: Wildfires have already scorched a UK-record land area in 2025, double the previous high – and 4x above average

By Orla Dwyer, Ho Woo Nam + Tom Prater

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Jul 16
The important characterisation of the UK pop'n from More In Common highlights v low levels of trust in most former 'authoritative' professions.

Scientists are the exception.

Trust both fragile & valuable. We scientists must continue to *earn* it. Science communication is more important than ever.
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Jul 4
"climate confuser" *applause*
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · Jun 27
🛰 @eumetsat.int
✂️Processed in @zoom.earth

👨‍🔬 @mparrington.bsky.social @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social @jimmcquaid.bsky.social @wisc-satellite.bsky.social @sangasso.bsky.social @aerosolwatch.bsky.social
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Jun 17
I missed this last week, it is exactly why I originally joined twitter....
A question posed... and expert knowledge answers.... and then others add to the thread..... @mparrington.bsky.social @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
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Dr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · Jun 9
Air quality question for @mparrington.bsky.social @cleanairlondon.bsky.social

London’s air was pretty bad today. All Breathe London sensors saw the sudden rise that started late last night and peaked at 2pm today.

Blew from the west, organic mass, no fires recorded in that area.

Any ideas?
PM2.5 peaked at 32 ug/m3 Map showing wind blowing from West Country
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Jun 17
#AirPollution taking over from tobacco smoke as a significant cause of lung cancer "The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers"
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My Opinion @oopsmyopinion.bsky.social · Jun 8
insideclimatenews.org/news/0706202...
In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring - Inside Climate News
Residents in majority-Black north Birmingham, Alabama, have long been subjected to industrial pollution. The new administration has cut funding for a program aimed at measuring the impact.
insideclimatenews.org
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · Jun 3
Canada’s #wildfires 🔥 are rewriting the Arctic’s fate ❄️.
This real satellite image 🛰️ shows smoke ☁️ infiltrating Arctic cloud systems.

The result? A dangerous #climate feedback loop ♻️:
Soot darkens snow 🖤, snow absorbs more heat ☀️… and the Arctic melts faster 🧊💧.

Not just a photo 📷. A warning ⚠️.
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Jun 9
Climate Change is real, AND HAPPENING NOW! The sooner people (and politicians) take notice EVERY SINGLE DAY the better for people NOW and the next generation(s).....
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Jun 9
"Why climate is an everyday story – but media coverage still spikes around special environment days and UN summits" - Thought provoking article in @theconversation.com by @sanammahoozi.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-climate-...
Why climate is an everyday story – but media coverage still spikes around special environment days and UN summits
International media reporting of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations is sporadic.
theconversation.com
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · May 21
Great thread on the tragedy of the US closing down AirNow.
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · May 7
🌍 🚨 NEW | US embassy AQ data halt: On 4 Mar, the AirNow website reporting data from #AirQuality monitors at US embassies worldwide halted data sharing

🏛️ CREA calls on reliant countries to ramp up local monitoring to fill the gap👇
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OpenAQ @openaq.org · May 21
The authors of this excellent study are committed to open data, making de-identified data and replication code available in @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social's Dataverse, including baseline data, adoption checklist data, and a combined dataset showing performance over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Researchers Develop Practical Solution to Reduce Emissions and Improve Air Quality from Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh
A new study found that brick kiln owners were willing to implement energy-efficient operational changes after receiving training and support. The social benefits of reduced carbon emissions from these...
www.bu.edu
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · May 19
Attending #ASIC2025 this week, looking forward to meeting lots of like-minded #airquality folk. @goaqs.bsky.social @openaq.org @joinclarity.bsky.social
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · May 14
This is bleak reading
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · May 6
The #airpollution benefits of a low carbon future.

"Up to 250,000 deaths from poor air quality could be prevented annually in central and western Europe by 2050."

Research by Connor Clayton, @jimmcquaid.bsky.social et al

Piece by Jonathan Chadwick.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Experts reveal number of deaths avoided if we cut carbon emissions
Cutting greenhouse gases will reduce number of deaths from poor air quality, say scientists at the University of Leeds.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · May 9
🛰 @eumetsat.int Meteosat-IODC
Processed in @zoom.earth

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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Apr 30
With global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the second warmest on record, it has been suggested that 2025 is very likely to be one of the three warmest years on record. @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the....
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Apr 30
This time last year the land was saturated with many fields more like swamps than prime farmland. Yields were reduced by as much as 20% due to the flooding, this year we could see the same impacts BUT due to drought!
State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year - Carbon Brief
Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional warmth that began in July 2023.
www.carbonbrief.org
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Apr 30
"As Yorkshire prepares for what is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, records show the region has endured its driest combined February, March and April for almost 90 years." Some farms have seen less than 25mm of rain in past 10 weeks, we are in a critical time of year for farmers
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Jim McQuaid @jimmcquaid.bsky.social · Apr 30
I spoke to Paul Hudson yesterday in lovely warm and sunny Woodhouse Moor about the new normal. Driven by a weakening jetstream (as the acrtic warms), weather patterns flip-flop back & forth and extremes get more extreme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yorkshire's lowest rainfall in 90 years as temperature to soar
In February, March and April, just 78mm (3in) of rain fell across the region, the lowest since 1938.
www.bbc.co.uk
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