How was air pollution in China’s major cities in 2022? Fortunately, air pollution in most cities improved in 2022 over 2021, but a few cities lagged behind. Let’s take a closer look at how air quality fared in China’s major cities. A Quick Glance Air pollution in 16 major Chinese …
After a big improvement in 2018, new data shows China’s war on air pollution is slowing down. A Smart Air analysis of 2019 PM2.5 data for China’s 15 largest cities found that more than half saw worse air quality over 2018. Maps comparing average PM2.5 in December 2018 to December 2019 …
New analysis from Smart Air shows that China is making progress on its “war on air pollution.” PM2.5 air pollution was down in 14 out of China’s 15 largest cities. Yet one region saw far more progress than the rest. South Sees Modest Air Quality Gains In southern China, from …
New data analysis from Smart Air shows that air quality improved in 14 out China’s 15 largest cities. This data suggests China’s “war on air pollution” seems to be working. This analysis uses over 21,000 daily average PM2.5 data points from official sensors around the country. Beijing Famous …
Beijing said they would cut air pollution in a plan announced earlier this year (and a few months before and another one back in 2013). But what does the data say? To get to the bottom of it, I analyzed monthly PM2.5 data for 2017 so far and compared it …
