Professor says smog in east China related to melting glaciers  

東部霧霾頻發和青藏高原“發燒”有關？

昨天，2014年APEC氣候研討會在南京信息工程大學召開，議題為“極端氣候和水文水災害管理：科學預報和應急預警”，來自7個國家的50多名專家參會探討。其中，南信大大氣物理學院教授趙天良的一項課題顯示：中國霧霾頻發和青藏高原有著千絲萬縷的聯系。在人為污染排放不變的情況下，青藏高原暗中操縱了“風力”。“風無力霾難散”與全球變暖、青藏高原冰雪融化有關聯。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – A professor has said that frequent smoggy days in east China are related to the melting of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau glaciers, the modern Express reported.

Zhao Tianliang, a professor at the Nanjing University of Information and Technology, released the research results at an APEC symposium on climate change in the capital of Jiangsu province on Monday.

Zhao said that as the plateau warms, the temperature difference is reduced between the land in the region and the ocean off east China, which directly weakens wind and makes air pollutants harder to disperse.

Even if polluting emissions remain unchanged, air quality would be worse if the plateau continues to warm, his research revealed.

Smog has shrouded north China three times this month. Zhou Bing, an expert at the National Climate Center, said that as autumn and winter arrive, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in north China, the Yangtze River Delta in east China, the Pearl River Delta in the south, and the Sichuan-Chongqing region will be choked by smog in the next few months.