Dust storm in China
From
Reuters/AlertNet comes this story:
bq. One of the worst dust storms to hit northern China in years swirled into Beijing on Monday, turning the skyline of the sprawling capital into a monochrome of grey and prompting afternoon commuters to put on surgical masks.
bq. Visibility in parts of north China was cut to 10 m (33 feet) over the weekend, the China Daily said on its Web site, complicating relief efforts after an earthquake last week in Inner Mongolia.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes for this to get over to the USA. The prevailing flow of wind is west to east and we get a lot of China's dust and pollution. There was a flap recently regarding mercury from a proposed power plant. We get more mercury from China's burning of dirty coal than we would get from a plant in our backyard.
And China is not included in Kyoto...
Posted by DaveH at March 29, 2004 11:35 AM