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Chinese Supercomputer Gets a Job Forecasting Smog
2013-12-10 18:44:37| TechNewsWorld
Scientists in China will use the country's Tianhe-1A supercomputer to forecast and analyze smog in major cities. The Tianhe-1A will be used to create a simulation that will collate data from across more than 100 Chinese cities. Theoretically, this will enable scientists to predict the density of smog, how long it will linger, and where it might go next.
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China's state media under fire for arguing benefits of smog
2013-12-10 05:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Commentaries by two of China's most influential news outlets suggesting that an ongoing air pollution crisis was not without a silver lining drew a withering reaction on Tuesday from internet users and other media. In online commentaries on Monday, state broadcaster CCTV and the widely read tabloid the Global Times, published by the Communist Party's official People's Daily, both tried to put a positive spin on China's smog problem. The Global Times said smog could be useful in military situations,...
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Shanghai's Choking Smog Registers 'Beyond Index'
2013-12-06 20:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In the latest smog-related health scare in China, officials in Shanghai on Friday ordered schoolchildren to stay indoors, halted all construction and even delayed flights in and out of the city, which has been enveloped in a thick blanket of haze, reducing visibility in places to less than 150 feet. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from Shanghai that the commercial capital's Air Quality Index soared above 500 for the first time ever, according to government sensors. He says officials described the readings...
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Could China combat smog with artificial rain?
2013-12-05 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: China plans to open the heavens to bring back its blue skies. According to local news reports, a document released by the China Meteorological Administration says that from 2015, local weather authorities will be allowed to use cloud seeding to create rain and clear the country's notorious smog. It's part of the government's plan to invest 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) in tackling air pollution. But will it work? Programmes to generate artificial rain have been running since the 1950s. In...
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Urbanites Flee Chinas Smog for Blue Skies
2013-11-23 04:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A typical morning for Lin Liya, a native of Shanghai transplanted to this ancient town in southwest China, goes like this: See her 3-year-old son off to school near the mountains; go for a half-hour run on the shores of Erhai Lake; and browse the local market for fresh vegetables and meat. Song Yan, 31, held a meeting of a book club in the cafe bookstore, Song's Nest, she opened in Dali in the spring. She finished her run one morning beneath cloudless blue skies and sat down with a visitor...
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