China’s Battle Against Air Pollution: An Update
Apr 24, 2024 · China seems to have continued improving air quality during the Covid era (2020-2022). According to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in 339 major...
From ‘air-pocalypse’ to blue skies. Beijing’s fight for ... - CNN
Aug 23, 2021 · Beijing was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities, with dense smog and acrid air a daily reality for residents. Now, its skies are mostly blue — a sign the Chinese capital is...
Why is China's smog so bad? Researchers point far away to a
Mar 15, 2017 · A thick soup of harmful smog cloaked its biggest cities, contributing to at least 90,000 deaths and sickening hundreds of thousands more. Things haven't gotten much better since then, even though the country has enacted tough …
Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to ‘war on pollution …
Aug 30, 2023 · Ten years ago, China’s capital was often covered in dense yellow and gray smog, so thick it shrouded nearly everything from view. People locked their windows, donned face masks and cranked...
China's smog-covered north on highest pollution alert as …
Oct 31, 2023 · Authorities issued their highest warnings for fog and haze on Tuesday as smog enveloped major cities in northern China, warning the public that visibility could drop to less than 50 metres (164...
China’s Clean Air Campaign Is Bringing Down Global Pollution
Jun 14, 2022 · China reduced air pollution nearly as much in seven years as the US did in thirty, bringing down average global smog levels in the process. The country's extensive efforts to improve its air...
Efficacy of China’s clean air actions to tackle PM2.5 pollution …
Sep 18, 2024 · Beginning in 2013, China launched two phases (2013–2017 and 2018–2020) of clean air actions that have led to substantial reductions in PM2.5 concentrations. However, improvement in PM2.5 ...
China’s Fight Against Climate Change and Environmental …
May 19, 2021 · Air pollution. Increased public awareness of China’s notoriously low air quality in the past decade—especially after Beijing suffered a prolonged bout of smog in 2013 that was so severe that ...
Air pollution in China is falling — but there is a long way to go
May 1, 2023 · Parts of China continue to be affected by heavy smog. Credit: Getty. Over the past decade, China’s once-pollution-choked skies have steadily improved, according to more than two decades of...
A conversation on air pollution in China | Nature Geoscience
Nov 7, 2023 · With highly efficient air pollution control technologies already widely installed in coal-burning facilities, China is facing huge challenges in reducing emissions of pollutants further.