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What China's smog looks like from space
2013-12-13 18:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: China's latest spell of severe pollution can be seen from space. NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the thick smog lingering over China, from Beijing to Shanghai, on Dec. 7. The haze is shown in gray, while the white areas represent clouds and fog, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. At the time, the Air Quality Index had climbed to 487 in Beijing and 404 in Shanghai. The scale goes up to 500, but levels above 300 are considered dangerous. Smog is the result of sunlight reacting...
Chinas problem with smog, captured by NASAs Terra satellite
2013-12-13 15:40:42| Extremetech
Over the last few months, you may have heard about China's growing smog problem. In Beijing, Shanghai, and many other areas of China, the smog is so bad that the air quality index (AQI) has started spiking over 400, and sometimes reaching 500 -- the top of the AQI scale. Just for some context, an AQI above 100 is generally considered unhealthy -- over 300, and we're talking about a serious hazard to health (i.e. it can be lethal). To better illustrate the scale of China's smog problem, NASA has captured an image of China's northeastern seaboard that shows just how bad China's smog problem really is.
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China tells pilots: learn to land in smog
2013-12-12 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chinese authorities have told pilots who fly to Beijing they must be qualified to land their aircraft in the low visibility bought about by smog the latest missive related to the capital's heavy air pollution, which the government this week lauded as a beneficial shield against missile attacks. From 1 January pilots flying from the country's 10 busiest airports into the Chinese capital must be qualified to use an instrument landing system on days when smog reduces visibility to around 400 metres...
China tells pilots to improve landing skills to deal with Beijing smog
2013-12-12 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Chinese authorities have told pilots who fly to Beijing they must be qualified to land their aircraft in the low visibility bought about by smog, state media said on Thursday, as the government tries to reduce flight delays due to pollution. Beginning January 1, pilots flying from the country's 10 busiest airports into the Chinese capital must be qualified to use an instrument landing system on days when smog reduces visibility to around 400 meters (1,315 feet), the official China Daily said,...
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People in China are beating the smog by sticking cigarette filters in their nostrils
2013-12-11 21:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Beijing`s smog is legendarily bad - on some days, stepping outside is kinda like trying to breathe in an ashtray. So it`s not that surprising that someone on Sina Weibo, China`s equivalent of Twitter, decided to deal with the pollution problem by shoving cigarette filters up his nose. Rumors have spread over the Internet in China that taking cigarette filters and inserting one into each nostril can block the tiny PM2.5 particles of pollution that make breathing difficult and cause respiratory...
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