It’s looking pretty grim outside at the moment. Numerous areas in northing China – including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei – were issued a yellow alert for smog on Thursday. This is the first pollution alert of the autumn season.
Many areas in Tianjin saw AQI readings of over 250 on Friday morning. The heavy smog is expected to last until Saturday, when a cold front will bring strong winds to the region and disperse the pollution.
In September, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that the smog season would likely arrive earlier this year and that it is “not optimistic” about the weather forecast for the fall and winter months. “Unfavorable weather conditions" are reportedly caused by the increased melting of the Arctic icecap and the warming of the Pacific Ocean. The result is a weakening in high-pressure cold fronts hitting China from Siberia, causing warm and humid weather in Tianjin.
All this means more smog for those of us living in northern China.
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