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NASA Map Shows Air Pollution Across Asia and the Middle East
2013-01-21 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: New satellite data released by NASA provide dramatic visual evidence of the dangerous air quality reported from cities across Asia and the Middle East this month. Based on data collected from its satellite-based Ozone Monitoring Instrument, a map released by NASA scientists illustrates high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) -- shown in orange -- over several major cities, including Istanbul, Tehran and New Delhi, during the first week of January. Satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide concentrations...
Air pollution in China - picture of the day
2013-01-16 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. A montage of images from agency photographers shows Beijing residents wearing masks to protect themselves from a blanket of smog which is causing dangerously high levels of air pollution
Record Air Pollution Levels Hit Beijing
2013-01-14 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today on American Public Medias Marketplace Morning, Rob Schmitz reports on the dangerous air pollution levels that hit Beijing over the weekend. According to the report, Beijings air pollution went off the charts. The pollution was about 40 times more than the limit set by the World Health Organization. One of Beijings biggest hospitals, Peking University Hospital, reported treating twice as many heart attacks over the weekend. The Beijing childrens hospital said a third of its outpatient visits...
Toxic air pollution covers much of northern China
2013-01-14 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: China's media has urged the government to be more open about pollution levels after many northern cities registered dangerous levels of pollution in recent days. In the capital Beijing at the weekend, air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organisation. The smog - attributed to coal-fired power plants and factories in provinces surrounding Beijing - is expected to shift when winds pick up later this week. Celia Hatton reports.
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Chinese air pollution hits record levels in pictures
2013-01-14 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On Saturday, Beijing experienced its worst pollution reading since the air quality monitor on was installed in the US embassy in 2008. Until this year, Chinese authorities have underplayed the country's spells of noxious atmospheric pollution. This weekend, however, Beijing's local government issued an alert, warning vulnerable people to stay indoors. The wave of pollution peaked on Saturday and by Monday remained hazardous. It is expected to last until Tuesday
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