by Angel Hsu | Jun 15, 2014 | Air quality, Data, Data Visualization
(Hsu et al/The Atlantic) View full-screen mapBy Angel Hsu and Alisa Zomer. This post initially appeared on The Atlantic. In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of...
by Angel Hsu | May 18, 2014 | Sights
On April 3, 2014 I participated in a WNPR podcast ‘Where We Live’ to talk about air pollution. Here’s a link to the podcast.
by Angel Hsu | Mar 27, 2014 | Air quality, China, India
This post originally appeared on Scientific American. It was co-written with Jason Daniel Schwartz. Air pollution kills around 7 million people every year, accounting for one in eight deaths worldwide, according to a report from the World Heath Organization (WHO)...
by Angel Hsu | Feb 12, 2014 | Air quality, China
In January, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced the signature of “air pollution control and target responsibility” contracts (大气污染防治目标责任书) that bind all 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China to air...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 17, 2012 | Sights
Back in mid-June, Wuhan recorded the worst levels of air pollution in a decade. Media reports included pictures of Hubei’s capital shrouded in a greenish-yellow smog. Naturally, I decided that I had to make Wuhan one of the stops on my research trip. Despite (or...
