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Asian Dust (also yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind, kosa or China dust storms) is a meteorological phenomenon that affects much of East Asia year-round and especially during the spring months. The dust originates in the deserts of China , Mongolia , and Kazakhstan , where high-speed surface winds and intense dust storms kick up dense clouds ...
Multiple studies show that most of South Korea's pollution comes from China because of the spread of fine dust produced by China's factories and coal-fired power plants. [11] China causes 30 to 50 percent of the PM 2.5 at South Korea on days of average air quality, but 60 to 80 percent on days with the worst air quality.
The skyline of Seoul, South Korea, can right now be seen through the haze of a sandy yellow dust blowing in from China. The Korean Meteorological Association says the dust originated in the ...
Asian Dust, known in Korea as the Yellow Dust, refers to a phenomenon in which when low pressure passes through the desert area of China, a large amount of yellow dust floats in the air or lands on the move due to strong winds and topography, affecting Korea. Yellow Dust occurs in desert areas in China and Mongolia, and the addition of several ...
Yellow dust mainly affects Korea in spring. Recently, however, climate change has caused changes in the yellow dust phenomenon. As the temperature rose due to climate change, less snow piled up in the Gobi Desert and the Inner Mongolia Plateau, making it easier for yellow dust to occur when the wind blows, and sandstorms occur morefrequently ...
The food waste that ends up at Nanji Sewage Treatment Center starts out in a translucent yellow bag, which South Koreans have been required to use for throwing out their uneaten food since 2013.
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war that originally circulated in 2015 is making the rounds again, amid the Russian war in Ukraine.
The Korea Meteorological Administration forecasted "very bad" PM10 levels – over 151 micrograms per cubic meter – in the Seoul Capital Area and on Jeju Island, as well as the provinces of Chungcheong and Jeolla. The agency also predicted "bad" levels in the provinces of Gangwon and Gyeongsang, though the actual levels ended up being "very bad".