▲ 434 ▼ Air quality across the Eastern US & Canada right now (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago by fireweed@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments Screenshot taken from PurpleAir. 150 and above is considered unhealthy, 300 and above is considered hazardous. https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi
[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) Never, cause it'll keep regrowing to burn again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago At some point a dust bowl or flood will rip away the topsoil after a fire, and the forest will stop growing back. It'll just be a barren desert. Of course then the dust and sand storms can still give you dust pneumonia, silicosis, and lung cancer, but technically that's not the forests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago At some point a dust bowl or flood will rip away the topsoil after a fire, and the forest will stop growing back. It'll just be a barren desert. Of course then the dust and sand storms can still give you dust pneumonia, silicosis, and lung cancer, but technically that's not the forests. permalink fedilink source parent