Pollensesongen for or går mot slutten
Sesongen for or nærmer seg slutten for i år, men i mange områder er det fortsatt mye pollen fra bjørk og salix.
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Maratondebut som 50-åring – er det smart for helsa?
Trening i veistøv – påvirker det prestasjoner og helse? Så ble det påmelding til mitt første maraton. Det begynte med at gode venner på fest ble enige om å dra på tur, og hva er vel mer naturlig enn en helgetur til Valencia i desember 2022 – ikke for å gå på julemarked, men for …
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Airmine søker pilotkunder til vår nye pollenmåler
Endelig! Etter at korona skapte masse trøbbel for oss, kan Airmine snart begynne å sende ut pollenmålere til pilotkunder. Airmine har de tre siste årene brukt masse krefter på å lage en pollenmåler for Hvermansen. Omsider er den her, og i februar begynner vi å sende ut den første batchen med målere til pilotkunder. Vi …
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How to spot a birch tree from space
To improve our pollen forecasts, we are using satellite data and machine learning to classify plant types.
We’re measuring pollen!
We are running our airminer 2.0 sensors to calculate local pollen levels. As expected, pollen levels vary with temperature and precipitation, but we also see significant variations through the day.
Green in India means red in Norway
We’ve attempted to compare the different PM2.5 breakpoints in selected air quality indices. It turns out a green level does not mean the same around the world.
Pilot testing our air quality monitor – where is the pollution coming from?
We are pilot testing our air quality monitors and have started to dig into the first results. We had expected local variations in PM-levels, but it turns out the source is probably found far away from the neighbour’s wood burning stove.
Smoke from west? No, dust from east
Did the huge forest fires on the US West Coast in September impact air quality in Europe? Not really, the measurements show. What did have an impact, was dust transported by winds from south east.
Air pollution shortens more lives than smoking, drugs and malaria
Although we are in the midst of a global pandemic, air pollution remains the single major contributor to loss in life expectancy across the globe.
Has air quality improved during lockdowns?
Delhi has had much cleaner air during the Covid-19 lockdowns, whereas we do not find the same improvement in PM2.5 levels in Oslo, Norway.