By Lisabeth Monroe The world continues to change – floods, earthquakes, and fires seem to be happening at an alarming rate all over the world. Right at this moment, it doesn't matter where you live, wildfire smoke is spreading across the globe, impacting the air quality. If you have an interest in knowing more about the air quality anywhere in the world, you can view it at www.waqi.info and see a real-time map of air quality indicators showing how fires and pollution in one part of the world can impact the air in another. Other apps and websites you can visit to research air quality are www.breezometer.com and www.airnow.com , along with the Global Pollution Map . What you find may surprise you! Although pollution makes a huge impact on the air we all need to breathe, fires have an additional devastating effect on our air quality. Man-made fires and wildfires can act similarly, as they both burn and destroy almost anything in their path. As the fires burn through trees, bru...
