Blog Tag - Smog

Fireworks Were Banned, So What Was With The CNY Smog?
Before fireworks were restricted to outside the Fifth Ring Road, an opaque haze falling on the capital over the Spring Festival holiday was an...
Beicology: Enjoy Summer While It Lasts as New Pollution Studies Warn of Bad Winter Days Ahead
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 ...
Beicology: Beijing's Air Pollution Forecasted to Continue Dropping
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 ...
Beicology: Can Tougher New Regulations Address China's Smoggy First Quarter in 2019?
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 ...
Property Prices and Pollution Drag Beijing Down to Second Last Place on New Quality of Life Index
When it comes to living the good life, it looks like Beijing still has a long way to go. A new survey by Deutsche Bank Research, the eighth that the...
Beicology: Soaring Smog Levels, Intrepid Inspectors, and Half-Baked Cover-ups
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 ...
Beicology: A Zero Emissions Future For Once Smoggy Beijing?
Our semi-regular Beicology column details the capital's environmental news. Beijing Could Bid Smog Adieu... by 2050 Tough as it is to imagine right...
Beicology: Progress in Beijing Pollution Levels Deemed Part of a "Long-Term Process"
Our semi-regular Beicology column details the capital's environmental news. Promising Findings For Beijingers who have endured years of the globally...
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....
Smog Day: An Illustrated Guide
Good morning Beijing! The factories were very busy last night. Yet when you first woke up this morning, it took you a minute to understand what was...
Misleading Headlines Add Fire to Media's Complex Relationship with China's Pollution Crisis
Not only does air pollution make you more likely to be a criminal, it'll also make you a dimwit too. That's according to study published last week by...
Beicology: Airpocalypse, Done? Not So Fast, Say Experts
After weeks of mostly clear blue skies, haze returned to Beijing this Monday, accompanied by AQI levels reaching over 150 by late morning. This is by...
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...