Tag: airpocalypse

  • Human-caused climate change played limited role in Beijing’s 2013 ‘airpocalypse’

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    In January 2013, a suffocating, poisonous haze hung over Beijing for four days. The record high levels of fine particulate matter in the air caused airports to close and thousands of coughing, choking citizens to seek hospital care. Although the particulate matter that filled the winter skies resulted from both human and natural emissions, a […]

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