Smog

China Plans to Fight Its Smog With Artificial Rain

China has an awful smog problem, which means its cities smell, are hard to breathe in, and, in the most unfortunate extreme, give children cancer. But its authorities hope that it may have found a solution, in the form of artificial rain. According to local news reports, the China Meteorological Administration is planning to allow…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 5

China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem—So It Can Spy on People

There are lots of reasons not to love smog. It stinks. It makes it hard to breathe. It gives children cancer. And, for certain countries, that decreased visibility makes it really hard to spy on your citizens. We’re looking at you, China. Pollution is so bad in China that the massive network of surveillance cameras…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 5

Beijing Will Test This Giant Smog-Devouring Pollution Vacuum

Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde has designed everything from smart highways for the United Kingdom to a dance floor that generates electricity. But his latest project is the most off-the-wall yet: Roosegaarde plans to build and test a pollution-collecting system in smog-addled Beijing. https://gizmodo.com/the-uk-is-about-to-connect-an-entire-highway-to-the-int-1440377467 Billed as an “electronic vacuum cleaner” for Beijing’s polluted skies, the so-called…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 22

Brooding Photos Of the Deadly “London Fog”

The London Fog, one of the attractions of London in the early 20th century, was actually a deadly smog. It covered the city for 90 days a year. Here are incredible images of this beautiful but menacing haze. In the 1950s the “fog” became stronger than ever. The worst days were known asThe Great Smog…

io9 Vincze Miklós Jul 26

This Giant Mesh Wall Acts Like an Air Filter for Mexico City

The best way to deal with smog is to make less of it, but it’s too late to just do that. And when it comes to cleaning up your already polluted air, mesh structures like this one in Mexico City are a stylish way to filter a whole city’s worth of air. This porous wall…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 28

“Breathing Bike” Protects Riders Against Ominous Beijing Air

Beijing’s smog problem isn’t exactly new information, but it’s been getting way worse lately. In response, local artist Matt Hope decided to integrate an air purifier into his bike so riding around the city would be less hazardous. The contraption is powered by Hope’s pedaling, and includes a mesh IKEA garbage can, a fighter-pilot breathing…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Feb 10

Beijing Is Choking on Smog

Beijing is choking – as these two pictures vividly demonstrate. On the right is the city’s skyline on Monday; on the left the same view on 4 February 2012. The suffocating smog is not just bad for health, it may also have a more potent effect on climate change than previously thought. Dense smog shrouded…

Tech News Fred Pearce and Michael Marshall - New Scientist Jan 16

The Greenest Street in America Is Paved With Smog-Eating Cement

Cars create a lot of pollution, but one in Chicago doesn’t just give them free passage; it also cleans up after them. This street’s special pavement actually feeds on smog. The two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue, now being billed as “the greenest street in America,” is paved with something called photocatalytic…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 15

See Just How Polluted Our Skies Are By Using a Free Android App

Weather apps have always confused me—why look at an app to see whether it’s raining? Just go outside and see for yourself! The Visibility app, while a really innovative idea, is another puzzling one. Surely you can recognize if there’s a high concentrate of smog in the atmosphere? Or even if you can’t, why would…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 22

China Plans to Fight Its Smog With Artificial Rain

China’s Finally Fixing Its Pollution Problem—So It Can Spy on People

Beijing Will Test This Giant Smog-Devouring Pollution Vacuum

Brooding Photos Of the Deadly “London Fog”

This Giant Mesh Wall Acts Like an Air Filter for Mexico City

“Breathing Bike” Protects Riders Against Ominous Beijing Air

Beijing Is Choking on Smog

The Greenest Street in America Is Paved With Smog-Eating Cement

See Just How Polluted Our Skies Are By Using a Free Android App

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