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　　據(jù)《science》28日最新消息,一款可實時監(jiān)測空氣質(zhì)量狀況的新型儀器問世。

　　霧霾在身邊,中國空氣污染已成為人們心中“會呼吸的痛”。據(jù)報道,每年因為空氣污染而死亡的早產(chǎn)新生兒達1600百萬,觸目心驚的背后使我們不得不面對的現(xiàn)實。

　　基于這種現(xiàn)狀,考慮到家人的健康狀況,位于北京的數(shù)據(jù)科學家Yann Boquillod有些坐不住。他出資創(chuàng)建了名為AirVisual Earth的智能空氣質(zhì)量檢測器,該檢測器可根據(jù)人造衛(wèi)星和超過8000個的監(jiān)測站提供的信息,通過整合數(shù)據(jù)處理,實時觀測,展現(xiàn)全球空氣污染狀況。

　　這種空氣質(zhì)量檢測器主要通過展現(xiàn)風向的流動模式和通過不同顏色表示PM2.5(指空氣動力學直徑小于等于2.5微米的細顆粒,可吸入細支氣管和肺泡中,對人體危害極大。)的濃度來體現(xiàn)空氣質(zhì)量狀況。用戶可放大,傾斜,旋轉(zhuǎn)以便更好地觀看。

　　Yann Boquillod指出,這樣是為了讓人們能更深入的了解空氣質(zhì)量狀況,從而為下一步更好的治理空氣污染做好打算。除此之外,他還為智能手機提供了一款可觀測600多個不同城市未來三天空氣質(zhì)量的軟件,最近它已經(jīng)開始低價售賣,用戶可通過其實時觀測室內(nèi)和室外空氣質(zhì)量狀況。

　　以下為英文全文：

　　Watch air pollution flow across the planet in real time

　　China’s air is notoriously toxic: Each year, it contributes to the premature deaths of some 1.6 million people. Concerned about how such pollution was affecting his family, Beijing-based data scientist Yann Boquillod founded AirVisual Earth, an online air pollution map that uses data from satellites and more than 8000 monitoring stations to display global air pollution in real time. The AirVisual Earth interactive maps prevailing wind patterns and shows color-coded concentrations of PM2.5—airborne particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter that can penetrate deep into the lungs. Users can zoom in, tilt, and spin the globe for better viewing. The air pollution visualization was crafted “so people really understand how bad it is,” says Boquillod, who hopes an informed citizenry will pressure governments and communities to clear the air. AirVisual also delivers 3-day air pollution forecasts for 6000 cities to smartphones, and it recently began selling low-cost monitors people can use to track indoor and outdoor air pollution. “People want to share that data,” Boquillod says.