Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, extreme-weather. AirNow is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Each story carries 2 original sources on average, compared with 2.3 for the broader beat in this window.
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What the coverage shows about Fire and Smoke Map
Every one of those 1 sits in a single category, extreme-weather. AirNow is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. Each story carries 2 original sources on average, compared with 2.3 for the broader beat in this window. The 5 average consequence score is below the beat benchmark of 5.2 in the same window. Fire and Smoke Map appears in 1 tracked Climate story from August 12, 2026.
Stories tracked
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Sources per story
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Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 27 Climate stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Fire and Smoke Map. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
KRFO Radio and Y105FM published the five-app recommendation feature on air quality tools.
Cabin group adopts air quality apps
After a weekend monitoring conditions, the author and friends each had an air quality app installed by their Sunday departure.
Minnesota records world's worst air quality
For a few hours Thursday afternoon, a portion of Minnesota had the worst air quality in the world among major cities; Northern Minnesota's AQI surpassed 1,100.
A July 2026 wildfire smoke event pushed Northern Minnesota's AQI past 1,100, briefly ranking the region as the worst air quality on Earth. The episode accelerated adoption of consumer air quality tools such as EPA's AirNow and IQAir, underscoring how real-time environmental monitoring is becoming essential climate adaptation infrastructure.