Community Scientists
Be a Community Scientist
Are you curious about the air quality around you? Do you want to learn more and contribute to your community with your air quality projects? Join our ranks as a community scientist!
Community science enrolls the public into projects that promote scientific knowledge and environmental awareness. The EPA supports these initiatives through resources, including funding, technical support, and tools.
At our core, PurpleAir is a large community scientist community. The data available from the PurpleAir map helps identify research questions and collect and analyze data.
We also contribute to the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) by:
- Helping them gather crowdsourced data that would be nearly impossible to obtain due to time, geographic, or resource constraints.
- Leveraging resources by collecting environmental research done by this wide community.
- Increasing environmental engagment by building meaningful relationships with communities.
You can also join our community forum, where you will be able to share your air quality projects and receive support for PurpleAir sensors.
How Can I Be a Part Of It?
If you already have a PurpleAir sensor and have not registered it in the PurpleAir map yet, register it now! This way, you are helping other fellow community scientists access broader information and contribute to enriching the available data.
If you do not own a sensor, don't worry! You can also access our open-source PurpleAir sensor data. This data is available for download and could help you start that exciting project in mind.
You can also monitor the Particulate Matter levels around the world with our free, real-time PurpleAir Map or join PurpleAir's mission to make air quality data accessible to everyone by investing in an air quality monitor for your home.
Together, we can be informed and make changes in our daily habits and the community to improve air quality.