▲ 113 ▼ This is Fine. (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works to c/climate@slrpnk.net 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cts@midwest.social 29 points 1 month ago (2 children) What is this measuring? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 30 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Smoke from the wildfires. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) I believe they're air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago No, that's the scale for the colour gradients on the map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info. I've zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago That is an insane amount of fires permalink fedilink source parent [–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago* PM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it's from wildfires. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 30 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Smoke from the wildfires. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) I believe they're air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago No, that's the scale for the colour gradients on the map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info. I've zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago That is an insane amount of fires permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children) Are the numbers the amount of fires? And the little orange dots are the fires? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) I believe they're air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago No, that's the scale for the colour gradients on the map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info. I've zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago That is an insane amount of fires permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) I believe they're air quality stations, based on the PM2.5 scale in the lower left permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago No, that's the scale for the colour gradients on the map. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago No, that's the scale for the colour gradients on the map. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Yes, the dots at this scale are mostly major groups of fires. When you zoom in the dots fan out to give more localized info. I've zoomed in on Florida in the image attached to this reply so you can see better. You can see the individual fires have the flames icon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago That is an insane amount of fires permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago That is an insane amount of fires permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago* PM2.5 is Particulate Matter that can penetrate into your lungs. It is mostly emitted by combustion engines, but in this case it's from wildfires. permalink fedilink source parent
