OpenAQ is thrilled to unveil a data-sharing collaboration with AirGradient, a pioneering air quality monitoring company. Originating from a humble volunteer project in Northern Thailand, AirGradient’s vision is to provide accurate, open, and affordable air quality monitoring solutions for people all around the world. …

By Colleen Marciel F. Rosales, Ph.D., Strategic Partnerships Director at OpenAQ This March I visited Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya for a three-week air pollution and open data outreach adventure, as well as to attend the CAMS-Net & AfriqAir General Meeting. I also got to try out fufu, visit the Kigali…

We are thrilled to announce this year’s OpenAQ Community Ambassadors! Together with OpenAQ, these ambassadors commit to advocating for data transparency and contribute to collective action against air pollution. Besides receiving training from the OpenAQ team on the current technology and tools for air quality data analysis, such as the…

The OpenAQ Community Ambassador Program: Fight Air Inequality in Your Community and Beyond The OpenAQ Community Ambassador Program supports emerging air quality leaders in low- and middle-income countries in developing skills to fight air inequality (the unequal access to clean air). …

Use our new interactive web app to browse data on the OpenAQ platform and check out our new website! OpenAQ is excited to announce the beta launch of our new OpenAQ Explorer web application, along with the launch of our redesigned website. …

How Our Organization Came To Be An atmospheric scientist’s role at the US State Department in late 2014 led to the formation of the world’s first open-source database of air quality monitoring data. Christa Hasenkopf was working to compile data on air quality at embassies where there were concerns that…

New report by OpenAQ offers insights into monitoring of air quality around the world and how the data are shared Governments have a responsibility to address air pollution — a leading health concern across the entire world that disproportionately harms residents of low- and middle-income countries. …

Children are particularly susceptible to air pollution’s insidious effects. They breathe more rapidly than adults, taking in more polluted air. Due to having smaller bodies, they are proportionally exposed at higher levels. Their developing organs are more vulnerable to pollution. And due to their height, they are face level with…

An OpenAQ Use Case How do we help the public truly understand the severity of air pollution given that it’s largely an invisible threat? One creative way is Sh**t! I Smoke, a mobile app that compares air pollution to cigarette smoking. Here’s the story of how this app came to…