{"id":37906,"date":"2024-02-23t19:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-23t19:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=37906"},"modified":"2024-07-18t17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18t17:20:27","slug":"spider-party-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/spider-party-comic\/","title":{"rendered":"your friendly neighborhood spider-party:  community scientists use spider webs to monitor air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/storyfest-entry-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39317\" style=\"width:160px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>what if the future of air quality justice rested in the threads of a spider web?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in this original hand-drawn comic, climate cartoonist joy reeves explores a recent initiative in north carolina to use spider webs to monitor air pollution. spearheaded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncejn.org\/\">north carolina environmental justice network<\/a> and a team of volunteer &#8220;funnel web finders,&#8221; 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