Blog Tag - Smog
Beijingers woke up to extremely thick haze and PM10 levels of over 2,000 this morning (Mar 28) as a sandstorm settled over the capital. Though...
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...
First, they canned Beijing’s smog, now they’ve captured an entire smoggy Beijing scene. Plastered 8 are up to their usual tricks again, creating what...
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...
Nine million fatalities. That's the alarming new worldwide total for 2015 determined by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health and the...
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...
!["Whale Rider" Author Witi Ihimaera to Give Bookworm Talk, March 24](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/345221/4366680.jpeg ""Whale Rider" Author Witi Ihimaera to Give Bookworm Talk, March 24")
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...
Many Beijing pollution fighters have already read the article that ran in the The Guardian this week referencing a 2016 report on the effects of...