‘Airpocalypse’ Hits Harbin, Closing Schools
Schools were canceled and airports were closed due to the amount of carbon dioxide. The smog increased rapidly in one day when the government turned on the coal-powered municipal heating system for the winter. The visibility dropped to less than 10 meters. The airport had to cancel flights because the visibility in the air was only up to 100 meters. They describe the AQI between 301 and 500, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency uses the same scale and they consider this as hazardous. They blame the amount of smog on the lack of wind, burning of corn and stalks after harvest by farmers, and the start of the new heating system.
After reading this article it made me think that we should take this as a warning since we release a lot of Co2 here in the U.S. and we don't think that it will harm us in the future.
After reading this article it made me think that we should take this as a warning since we release a lot of Co2 here in the U.S. and we don't think that it will harm us in the future.