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China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

China’s problem with smog, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite

Over the last few months, you may have heard about China’s growing smog problem. In Beijing, Shanghai, and many other areas of China, the smog is so bad that the air quality index (AQI) has started spiking over 400, and sometimes reaching 500 — the top of the AQI scale. Just for some context, an AQI above 100 is generally ...

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