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OpenAQ Python SDK 1.2.0 is out! Maintenance + performance release: 🐍 Python 3.15 support 👋 Dropped Python 3.10 ⚡ Faster response parsing ⚡ 4x faster dict serialization ⚡ 7x faster JSON serialization ✅ Test suite improvements pip install -U openaq github.com/openaq/opena...

🐦 Project Phoenix--an OpenAQ partner--engages community scientists across CA, OR, & WA to monitor birds during wildfire season, providing valuable data on bird activity when fires are likely to impact #airquality. Get involved! project-phoenix-investigating-bird-responses-to-smoke.org/get-involved

At #ISES2026 Dr. Gwen Collman, President of @isee-global.bsky.social, noted that scientists could have stopped researching #AirPollution once they understood its impacts on respiratory health, but they didn’t. That’s good! We know so much more now & new discoveries continue. Knowledge rocks!

📢 Applications for the OpenAQ Ambassador Program are now open! Help champion open air quality data, connect with a global network of advocates, and support healthier communities through information and action. Apply: ambassadors.openaq.org

Heard the sky is blue, the air is cleaner? DYK, #AirPollution impacts our health & can cause: 🫀 Heart disease 🧠 Stroke 🫁 Chronic lung disease 🫁 Pneumonia 🧬 Cancer 🗣️ Asthma among others

This #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons learn how our esteemed elders are impacted by #AirPollution and consider how you can support #HealthyAging. The Journals of Gerontology - Air Pollution: A Pressing Threat to Functioning in the Older Adults: doi.org/10.1093/gero...

Air pollution contributes to more than 8 million deaths annually--nearly 70% of which are from cardiovascular causes. These deaths are preventable if we have access to clean air and open air quality data. Cleaner air = healthier hearts, longer lives. 🩵💙 #WorldHeartDay

In our latest quarterly newsletter, we: 🤝 Share our Clean Air Pledge 🧑‍💻 Introduce you to stable versions of Python and R 🇦🇷 🇲🇿 Share stories of amazing monitoring projects in Argentina & Mozambique 👥 Introduce you to the Citizen Science Air Quality CoP 👣 Share comings & goings link.openaq.org/Q3_2026

For #WorldLungDay, let us celebrate clean air policies like the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London, which don’t just reduce pollution; they help children breathe better and grow healthier lungs. Full study: doi.org/10.1016/S246... And what best informs these policies? Open air quality data!

Equitable access to #AirQuality data requires a trustworthy, resilient, and open #DataPlatform. We’ve published an important update detailing how we are safeguarding OpenAQ’s API infrastructure for the entire global community. link.openaq.org/protecting-p... #OpenAccess #OpenData #Python #R

Today, at EPIC's Clean Air Pledge event, we committed to respectful, context-specific outreach that, within one year, leads to at least two governments sharing their air quality data in a completely transparent way. Learn more about the #CleanAirPledge: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/clean-air-pl...

#AirPollution in the form of fine particulate matter or PM2.5, can lead to: 🔸 strokes 🔸 diabetes 🔸 heart diseases 🔸 lung cancer 🔸 respiratory diseases It also impacts pre and neonatal health.

Here’s a starter pack with the fantastic women in #AirQuality! go.bsky.app/NQ6j7BU Who is missing?

We're looking forward to making our #CleanAir commitment at the @UChiEnergy Air Quality Fund's Clean Air Pledge Session on Sept. 8 — in commemoration of #CleanAirDay. 🌍 Register: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚀 New OpenAQ R Package Release v1.1.0: Read the changelog at https://github.com/openaq/openaq-r/releases/tag/v1.1.0

In honor of the upcoming Int'l Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Sept 7, we asked our OpenAQ Community Ambassadors: What does clean air mean for your community? Because data is only as powerful as the people using it to build healthier communities. 💙 cleanairblueskies.org ambassadors.openaq.org

Breathe2Change, with Dr. Rodrigo Gaston Gibilisco & Jazmin Elizondo, is transforming awareness + action around dangerous air pollution from sugarcane biomass burning in N. Argentina using science-driven collaboration, open data & local leadership to spark real change: link.openaq.org/Breathe2Change

Live in #Toronto? One of our board members built this chat-style website that turns official air-quality data, forecasts and advisories into practical guidance. toronteau.com/air

What evidence is needed for #CleanAir action? Quantitative AND qualitative, including the #LivedExperience of everyone affected by #AirPollution.

Insightful words at the Africa Clean Air Forum.

🚀 Stable 1.0.0 versions of the official OpenAQ Python SDK & R packages are here. Stop writing custom API logic. Get built-in rate limiting, automatic data parsing, and easy access to global air quality data. openaq.medium.com/official-pyt... #python #rstats

OpenAQ is thrilled to share a new directory of resources for anyone monitoring #airquality. The Air Quality "Data-to-Action" Resource Directory includes web-based resources and rosters of organizations & equipment manufacturers that provide technical support. See: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Project Blaze aims to bolster public awareness and advance #airquality regulation in #Mozambique using data from AirQo sensors installed at health centers and hospitals. link.openaq.org/Blaze #CleanAir #AirPollution #AirQualityMonitoring #OpenData #DataForGood #AirSensors

OpenAQ Python SDK has hit v1.0.0! Built for developers & data scientists working with global air quality data. Auto rate limiting, typed responses, connection pooling & more. pip install openaq python.openaq.org

Read OpenAQ’s Q2 newsletter to learn about: 🇦🇴 New data coverage in a dozen countries from Angola Zambia 🧶 Visualizing air quality through knitting 👑 How to ensure you have sovereignty over the air quality data you produce And more! See link.openaq.org/Q2_2026_enews

Turn up the volume and listen to the World Environment Day 2026 playlist: link.openaq.org/unep-playlist #NowForClimate #WorldEnvironmentDay #CleanAir #CleanWater

This International Children’s Day, we applaud everyone celebrating and supporting the rights, welfare & joy of children around the world. Read UNICEF's agenda for protecting children from 7 deadly sources of air pollution: ceh.unicef.org/spotlight-ri... #InternationalChildrensDay #ChildrensDay2026

This @npquarterly.bsky.social article, for which our executive director, @chagerba.bsky.social, was interviewed, describes how #philanthropy is falling short in addressing #airpollution and the huge geographic mismatch in funding. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-doesnt-t...

Our environment matters. Did you know? Environmental risks are a major cause of death today. - Air pollution contributed to 6.6 million deaths in 2021 - Inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene were linked to 1.4 million deaths in 2019 World Health Statistics Report 2026🔗 https://bit.ly/4fiNpVV

OpenAQ's new partner, Miri Africa, is stepping up to help address the air quality monitoring gap in Africa. Locally built, Miri Air sensors are expanding real‑time monitoring, and are now also available through OpenAQ. Read more about their story of local innovation: link.openaq.org/miri-africa

Aernode's lifecycle‑optimized sensors, modular design, and strong calibration pathways support communities across Italy facing serious pollution challenges. Open data + practical engineering = real impact. Read more about Aernode, OpenAQ's newest air sensor partner: link.openaq.org/aernode

Here's our entry for the International #Haiku Poetry Day (April 17): I breathe in the woods Majestic trees, we exchange The air in between Have a haiku about air? Share it with us below!

The call to action this #WorldHealthDay is to #StandWithScience because science serves everyone, everywhere. A healthy future for all depends on facts, evidence and science-based interventions. OpenAQ is proud to support scientific inquiry.

On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, consider that what we breathe matters, as described in this editorial by Stephen Edelson of the Autism Research Institute.

OpenAQ is pleased to share a new guide for organizations launching air quality monitoring networks and wanting sovereignty over the data they generate. No matter whether, when, or with whom you might wish to share data--be informed before you buy! Guide: link.openaq.org/beforeyoubuy

Read our Q1 newsletter to: 🌍 Discover new data 🙋 Meet our new community ambassadors, staff & advisory board members 🧑‍💻 Test & give feedback on our Python SDK release candidate 🤩 Learn about new opportunities 🤝 Find out where you can meet us in person Visit link.openaq.org/Q1-2026-enews

On #WorldPoetryDay2026, it is worth revisiting the Simon Armitage poem ‘In Praise of Air,’ which absorbed #airpollution while it was attached to a building on the University of Sheffield in 2014. Read about the installation and see the full poem here: www.theguardian.com/books/2014/m...

🚀 New OpenAQ R Package Release v1.0.0: Read the changelog at https://github.com/openaq/openaq-r/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Consider, on #IWD26, how women are not only more vulnerable to air pollution’s insidious effects due to innate anatomical, hormonal and immune system characteristics, but also face many compounding external burdens. Let's address these air inequalities. globalsouthpolicy.org/breathing-un...

Nepal is taking big strides toward clean air thanks to the leadership of Green Decision Labs & Research and Clean Energy Nepal, whose groundbreaking work is supported by EPIC's Air Quality Fund. link.openaq.org/nepal-air-mo...