Blog Tag - AQI
Since Labor Day holiday came to an end, the capital has once again been bestowed with blissfully blue skies. But this time, many Beijingers are...
Winter in Beijing usually means one thing: wheeze-inducing smog. And while this past season has been astonishingly good, the PM2.5 levels have been...
A new study has shown that exposure to increased levels of air pollution, and even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to “unethical...
The haze has been heavy lately, and we all, of course, know what that means: we should be strapping on air quality masks to ensure our lungs stay...
Despite being billed as an innovative mode of transit that will keep you safe from smog, Beijing’s new air purifier-equipped Gongjiaoyilu buses are...
Beicology is a regular column about environmentalism, conservation and all things ecological in Beijing. If you have an eco-related story tip,...
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Glancing at AQI readings and strapping a mask across your...
Though bikes have long been touted as a cleaner way to commute, Daan Roosegaarde hopes to shift such cycling into an even higher ecological gear. The...
Two issues dominate Beijing's headlines like no others: the capital's record-breaking pollution levels, and its rapidly rising rental rates. Naked...
As the first published author of New Zealand's Māori Aboriginal minority, Witi Ihimaera has taken tales that are very specific to his culture and...
Though you wouldn't know it – based on the abysmally high AQI levels we've put up with over the past couple of days – the operation of Beijing's last...
In Beijing, few questions are more contentious than: "What is the main culprit behind our smog?" Some of us insist that vehicles are to blame, while...
If you think Beijing's horrendous pollution levels couldn't get any worse, then brace yourself for more bad news. Yep, the capital's dismal air...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
We're past the two-month mark for 2017. How are we doing on the government's pledge to improve the air this year?
Not good.
According to Ministry of...