Blog Tag - Air Quality

Beijing Hits Five-Year Trend in Air Quality Improvement, According to IQAir Report
Once again Beijing showed a year-on-year improvement in air quality, according to the latest World Air Quality Report from IQAir. The annual report...
Enjoy Some Beijing Blue Skies Porn Now That We’ve Notched the Best Year on Record
As we roll into 2022 we’re proud to see that once again Beijing has set a new high water mark for clean air – the best year on record for all...
May Was the Best Month on Record for Beijing's Air
Look up into Beijing's sky recently and see something unusual? Yes, those are clouds against the backdrop of a blue, blue sky: puffy ones, streaky...
Throwback Thursday: Airpocalypse a Reminder of Greater Climate Change Threats
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our 13-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Despite the Occasional Airpocalypse, Beijing’s Air is on a Path to Steady Improvement
Yes, we get it, we’ve had a horrendous couple of weeks here in the capital, capping yesterday’s disastrously bad pollution that had air monitors...
The Numbers Are In: 2020 Was the Best Year on Record for Beijing Air
Okay, we can all agree that 2020 sucked in many ways. However, there is one way in which it definitively did not suck: and that is in terms of air...
Beicology: Beijing's Cash for Clunkers and China's Forestation Both Prove Successful Initiatives
How bad is the smog these days, really? Who is keeping tabs on the state of our drinking water? What has the government done about carbon emissions ...
Air-renaissance: Beijing Celebrates 2-1/2 Years Without a “Seriously Polluted” day
With Covid-19 inconveniencing our lives over the past ten months, it seems we whiny foreigners have forgotten to complain about the air. But a quick...
Beijing's Rankings Plummet Again, But This Time We're Happy About It
Amidst all of this coronavirus nonsense, it’s time to pause, take a deep breath and celebrate: Beijing has dropped out of the list of the planet’s...
AirVisual Partners with the UN to Spread Air Quality Awareness World-Wide
When residing in Beijing, keeping an eye on the AQI is a must, but it’s far from the only city in the world that regularly experiences toxic levels...
Beijing's Air Look Good So Far in 2019
With four months in the bag for 2019, Beijing is showing a marked improvement on air quality once again, the sixth consecutive year that the air...
Beicology: Can Beijing Beat the Heat and Stave Off Global Warming?
Stats about smog tend to dominate the headlines in Beijing, but it's not the only ecological factor to consider. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is...
Beicology: A New Solution That Might Finally Rid Beijing of Its Smog
Smog hit hazardous levels on Nov 26, and despite the crystal clear skies of the following day, Beijingers didn’t exactly breathe a sigh of relief....
Beicology: This New WeChat Mini App Provides AQI Readings and Pollution Forecasts
Although the team at Kaiterra made a major name for themselves a few years back with their Laser Egg air quality monitors, now a common fixture in...
Beicology: Beijing's Recent Smog Resurgance, Explained
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...