"People whose homes are near busy highways may be able to reduce their blood pressure by running an air purifier with a HEPA filter, a study found.

Just a month of air filter use cut systolic blood pressure by nearly 3 points in healthy adults who had slightly elevated blood pressure, according to the report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/hepa-air-filter-lower-blood-pressure-high-air-pollution-traffic-rcna223267

#US #Air #Force to deny #retirement #pay to #transgender #service #members being separated from the service

This is not about #politics.
This is about #theft and #humiliation with #transgender #persons

How can a ("modern") state authorize this ?

https://apnews.com/article/air-force-transgender-no-early-retirement-e6a4da806f2cc2bdc05f49438cbd26fd

#salvage & #fire #safety rubbish justifications for logging. Continued deforestation for firewood & chips

Supreme Court Justice Richards stated she did not accept the argument that fallen trees needed to be removed to reduce the fire hazard “because I came to the view that the EVIDENCE DID NOT SUPPORT the claim”

#australia #environment #animals #ecology
#air #pollution #trees #law

→ Manger bio : « seule échappatoire face à un #empoisonnement de masse »
https://lareleveetlapeste.fr/manger-bio-seule-echappatoire-face-a-un-empoisonnement-de-masse/

« Les #herbicides contiennent environ 3% de #déchets de raffineries pétrolières. […] [Elles] les revendent pour faire des #détergents, des #cosmétiques… et des #pesticides. […] Parmi ces déchets #toxiques : des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques, ces mêmes substances #cancérogènes qu’on surveille dans la #pollution de l’air […]. Sauf qu’ici, personne ne les surveille. »

bouches vertes : inspirez expirez

un stomate, pore microscopique sur une feuille de plante, s’ouvrant et se fermant. contrôlé par des cellules de garde, il régule l’échange de gaz : CO2 entrant pour la photosynthèse, O2 et vapeur d’eau sortants. cela aide la plante à « respirer » et à gérer l’eau, en réponse à la lumière et l’humidité
tags : origine du monde, #science #plants #air #ecology

Cally's mom was submerged in the hot spring pool up to her neck, a blissful expression on her face. What was so great about hot, smelly water?

"Mom. Mom! If humans like soaking in special water, do you think fish like to soak in special #air?"

"Mmmm," was all her mom said in reply.

Cally rolled her eyes.

Far away, by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano, the tubeworms were excitedly trying to predict what gases they might experience in the next eruption.

Air - You Make It Easy
#JazzFM #Jazz #NowPlaying #Air

Morgen 13:30 uur gaan we weer op zeebodemwandeling, een ontdekkingstocht over de jonge kwelder en het wad. Alleen de aandachtige kijker merkt de organismen in de bodem die de basis vormen van al het leven hier. De ruimte en wildernis zetten jezelf in een nieuw perspectief.

Totemo worked through the afternoon, recording species in a forest clearing. Lambda, padding around her, suddenly stopped. She turned, lifted her muzzle, and sniffed. She swiveled her head, sampling the #air.
"Do you smell something?" Totemo said.
Lambda whined and pointed.
"Smoke?" Totemo looked up and saw smoke rising above the distant hilltop. Then she saw flames spring above the trees on the ridge.
"Run!" she said. "Back to the DR20!" #wss366

#Wildfire smoke is like #smoking 'half a pack a day.'

#Smoke from Canadian #wildfires continued to prompt #AirQuality alerts Monday in the #Northeast #US as well as the Upper #Midwest.

#Michigan saw a statewide #air quality advisory on Monday, & while #Minnesota is seeing some relief, the #WildfireSmoke is persisting in #Wisconsin, & spreading across #NewYork, #Vermont, & #Maine.

#climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5492448/health-michigan-canada-smoke-minnesota-air-quality-wildfire

Inhaling Moon Dust Is Somehow Less #Toxic Than #Urban #Air #Pollution
A study by the University of Technology Sydney published last month found that moon dust was far less toxic to our pulmonary system than the #airpollution someone would encounter in a #city.
https://www.jalopnik.com/1894513/inhaling-moon-dust-is-less-toxic-than-urban-air-pollution/

Wonder if this will clear up the #air for an hour or so in #ProspectPark before going back to the #yellow #haze

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-under-flood-watch-travel-advisory-with-heavy-rain-in-the-forecast #hendrix #climate #climatechange #flooding

time for more coffee...

the #air in #Scotland seems much fresher, clearer and cleaner now that #tRump has left...

Certain #organisms can actually live on #air alone, without relying on sunlight or other energy sources. A research group involving the #unibern has confirmed this by recreating the process in the laboratory for the first time: https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/organisms_can_produce_energy_from_air/index_eng.html.

AIR QUALITY ALERT (New England)

If you’re vulnerable to poor air quality, consider wearing a good respirator (mask) today / make sure to have your inhaler on hand. Unhealthy air throughout the northeastern United States today.