Professor says smog in east China related to melting glaciers  

东部雾霾频发和青藏高原“发烧”有关？

昨天，2014年APEC气候研讨会在南京信息工程大学召开，议题为“极端气候和水文水灾害管理：科学预报和应急预警”，来自7个国家的50多名专家参会探讨。其中，南信大大气物理学院教授赵天良的一项课题显示：中国雾霾频发和青藏高原有着千丝万缕的联系。在人为污染排放不变的情况下，青藏高原暗中操纵了“风力”。“风无力霾难散”与全球变暖、青藏高原冰雪融化有关联。[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.