Where did hong kong's smog go?
Short and interesting comment on Hong Kong's dramatic improvement in air quality in July 2007.Generalhong kongweathersmog
View ArticleHong Kong: Bad air day?
2007 in review - A quick examination of how Hong Kong's air quality has deteriorated since the Hong Kong Observatory started collecting full data in 2000.Generalhong kongpollutionsmogair quality
View ArticleShanghai Green Roofs Grow!
Shanghai gets it! In an article in China Daily, it was reported that "The Shanghai landscaping administration bureau said more than 95,000 sq m of rooftops have been covered in...China...
View ArticleBeijing Olympics were the most polluted games ever
The Beijing Olympics of 2008 were the most polluted games ever with athletes and spectators exposed to dangerous level of smog, researchers have concluded.China...
View ArticleAir Pollution in China: New Slideshow
Dr. Luce provides a summary of his talk on air pollution in China at the Beijing Healthcare Forum. Lots of goodies here about the short and long term impact of...China...
View ArticleChoking in China's polluted city
I saw an ABCNews report about Linfen a year or so ago. In 2006 Linfen, Shanxi province, was named by the World Bank as the most polluted city in the...China Environmentpollutioncoalsmogshanxiworld bank
View ArticleSmog in the Western U.S.: Blame China?
China traffic Ozone from Asia is wafting across the Pacific on springtime winds and boosting the amount of the smog-producing chemical found in the skies above the Western United...
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Pollution in China: More Than Just a Dirty Word
The distinctly Western viewpoint regarding the "smog" problem is to think in simplistic terms, that China is polluting "our" world and that "they" should stop. But industry, and production,...
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Don a face mask for this season!
It’s winter in China and what does that mean? It’s cutesy face mask wearing season! So crack out that fluffy panda mask or the kissable lips mask and stop yourself...Humoursmogcutechinese fashion
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Airpocalypse in China: Beijing is not the worst
On this past Saturday, PM2.5 had once exceeded 900 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing. On the same Saturday, People’s Daily released a list of top 10 cities with worst...China Environmentoffbeat...
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What would your city look like with Beijing's air? A smog simulator
Simulating smog We wondered what other cities around the globe might look like under these pollution conditions, so we built a simple simulator to illustrate. Using side-by-side photos of...
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China wants to find PM2.5 a Chinese name, Netizens chime in
It’s another heavy smog day in Beijing, and the Chinese government finally decided to do something about it – to find PM 2.5 a proper Chinese name. To help their...GeneralsmogbeijingPM 2.5netizenschinese
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‘INVISIBLE’ MASK AGAINST SMOG
The much discussed SMOG has become an inescapable yet visible “death threat” for those in China, Beijing specifically. Residents’ concern for their lungs and fear of cancer spurred business...
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Breaking: Pollution really bad for your health, cuts lifespan by years
Residents of smoggy northern China have a life expectancy 5.5 years shorter than than (comparatively) clean-air southerners, according to a 20-year study published by the American National Academy of...
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China's toxic air pollution resembles nuclear winter, say scientists
Chinese scientists have warned that the country's toxic air pollution is now so bad that it resembles a nuclear winter, slowing photosynthesis in plants - and potentially wreaking havoc on the...
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The Viral Week That Was: Part 7
The Viral Week That Was is our weekly round-up of the last week’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. Kunming’s terrorist attack astounded...
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China uses cameras on drones to catch industrial polluters unaware
The Ministry of Environmental Protection is mobilising a fleet of drones to record images of factories discharging untreated pollutants into the atmosphere. The drones can fly virtually undetected....
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Smog Ruining Your Pictures? There’s a ’Blue Sky' App For That
With the aid of an iPhone, you can now imagine a city in China where pollution has been effectively stamped out. more »China EnvironmentChinahong kongsmogappiphoneipadapplechinese
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Chinese man seeks divorce, saying smog has driven family apart
A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island province to escape the capital's notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship had destroyed their...
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China's Smogbusting Superweapons
Just what you needed. In addition to this, this, this, this and this, not to mention this, as well as about 30 other pieces in some way connected with pollution, here’s yet another smog blog, this time...
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