Our Earth

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800,000 Years Ago

Planetary Baseline EraPop: ~0 (Pre-Homo Sapiens)
Pristine

Carbon Dioxide

~280 ppm

Carbon Dioxide

Natural pre-industrial atmospheric balance.

Ice Age

Temp Anomaly

-1.0°C

Temp Anomaly

Earth in its natural glacial cycles.

Healthy

Extinction Rate

< 1 / mil yrs

Extinction Rate

Background extinction rate before human impact.

Pristine

Antarctic Ice Mass

100% Stable

Antarctic Ice Mass

Ice sheets in steady mass equilibrium.

Pure

Atmospheric PM2.5

< 2 µg/m³

Atmospheric PM2.5

Atmosphere free of industrial particles.

Zero Waste

Ocean Plastics

0 Tons

Ocean Plastics

Oceans pristine, no synthetic plastics exist.

Sources: NOAA EPICA Dome C Ice Core Data

Year 1950

Industrial AccelerationPop: 2.5 Billion
Rising

Carbon Dioxide

310 ppm

Carbon Dioxide

Early signs of fossil fuel accumulation.

Baseline

Temp Anomaly

+0.0°C

Temp Anomaly

Global temperature set as reference baseline.

Accelerating

Extinction Rate

10x - 50x

Extinction Rate

Extinction rates outpace natural rate.

Normal

Antarctic Ice Mass

Stable

Antarctic Ice Mass

Polar ice sheets remain solid.

Moderate

Atmospheric PM2.5

~10 µg/m³

Atmospheric PM2.5

Smog accumulating in industrial hubs.

Negligible

Ocean Plastics

< 1.5M Tons

Ocean Plastics

First synthetic plastics enter oceans.

Sources: Scripps Mauna Loa & NASA

Present Day

The Anthropocene EraPop: 8.1+ Billion
Critical

Carbon Dioxide

423+ ppm

Carbon Dioxide

Highest level in 3 million years, accelerating warming.

Warming

Temp Anomaly

+1.2°C

Temp Anomaly

Rapidly approaching 1.5°C Paris limit.

Mass Loss

Extinction Rate

100x - 1000x

Extinction Rate

The 6th Mass Extinction; 1M+ species threatened.

Rapid Melt

Antarctic Ice Mass

-150B Tons/yr

Antarctic Ice Mass

Accelerated loss driving global sea-level rise.

Toxic

Atmospheric PM2.5

~35+ µg/m³

Atmospheric PM2.5

90% of humanity breathes toxic air.

High Waste

Ocean Plastics

14M+ Tons/yr

Ocean Plastics

Equivalent to 1 garbage truck dumped per minute.

Sources: NASA, IPCC & IUCN Red List

Live Pulse

Real-Time Global Air Quality

Live PM2.5 measurements fetched directly from public air quality databases. PM2.5 refers to atmospheric particulate matter that has a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers, which is linked to severe health impacts.

Air Quality Scale (PM2.5)

This scale shows the density of tiny particulate soot. Lower is healthier!

Active Value: 5.3 µg/m³
5.3
Very Clean0 - 12 µg/m³
Good12 - 35 µg/m³
Hazy35 - 55 µg/m³
Smoggy55 - 150 µg/m³
Super Smog150+ µg/m³

London, UK

Latitude: 51.5074° | Longitude: -0.1278°

Hover/click values to view them on the scale guide above
Current Air Quality

London, UK

Very Clean
5.3µg/m³ PM2.5

Perfect air! Easy to breathe, great for outdoor games! 🏃‍♂️🌳

Source: Open-Meteo API

10 Years Ago

Year 2016

Clean / Good
15.0µg/m³ PM2.5

Ten years ago, London's air was improving, but diesel cars and vans still made the streets a bit dusty to breathe in!

Source: Historical Model Estimates

Air Quality Time Machine

Explore Older History (20 to 100 Years Ago)

Select the years below to travel back in time and see how clean or smoky the air was in the past!

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What was happening in 2006? (20 Years Ago)

“Twenty years ago, London started setting rules to limit dirty cars, but there were still many older diesel vehicles creating invisible tailpipe soot.”

Meet Breezy
In 2006, the air was:
Clean / Good
Soot Particles (PM2.5):20 µg/m³
Clean (0)Super Smog (250+)

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