Google released video footage Tuesday showing how the Golden State is doing when it comes to nitrogen dioxide, a gas released in tailpipe emissions and from factories that creates smog and can fuck up your lungs. The data, which focuses on San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Central Valley, shows how pollution clusters onto certain blocks, meaning the exact street you live on can have a major impact on the quality of air you’re breathing.
Google is hoping this information will help scientists work with policymakers to improve air quality overall.
The project was launched in 2015, in partnership with environmental intelligence company Aclima.
Source: earther.com
