Chinese Scientist Likens Beijing's Smog Problem To "Nuclear Winter"
Smog Nagyman A Chinese scientist said that the smog situation in the country is so bad that it resembles a "nuclear winter," preventing plants from producing energy from the sun's rays via photosynthesis, and presenting a possible disaster for the country's food supply. According to the Guardian: Beijing and broad swaths of six northern provinces have spent the past week blanketed in a dense pea-soup smog that is not expected to abate until Thursday. Beijing's concentration of PM 2.5 particles – those small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream – hit 505 micrograms per cubic metre on Tuesday night. The World Health Organisation recommends a safe level of 25. New studies suggest that Chinese agriculture will see conditions "somewhat similar to a nuclear winter" if the smog...