Social media posts reveal bad-air days in Chinese cities

Monday, September 26, 2016 - 11:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Residents of China’s megacities who post comments about air quality to social media can give environmental scientists a window into pollution levels there. A multidisciplinary study by Rice University researchers showed that the frequency of key words like dust, cough, haze, mask and blue sky can be used as a proxy measurement of the amount […]

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