Beijing’s Bacterial Smog, Black Market Cigarettes, and an Avalanche!

Beijing ’s smog , the West ’s drought , Alaska ’s avalanche , and everybody ’s cigarettes are part of this week ’s landscape reads .

The Microbial Ecosystem of Beijing’s Smog

bacterium are everywhere , and the dark smogginess of Beijing is no elision . scientist have published the most elaborate study of air bacterium yet , discover 1,300 metal money in the metropolis ’s smog , most of them benign but a few responsible for for allergies and respiratory illness . [ Nature ]

Exporting Water to Asia, Through Hay

The drought - stricken West exportation 50 billion gallons of piss to Asia every year — in the form of alfalfa hay grown from the water of the Colorado river then fed to livestock in Asia . This part in National Geographic takes a look at “ virtual weewee exports , ” and how we might incentive granger to betray their water Stateside rather than apply it to get Medicago sativa . [ National Geographic ]

Tracking Black Market Cigarettes With A “Litter Study”

Is the revenue enhancement on cigarettes too high-pitched ? To answer this question , one needs to seem no further than the ground , which in city is littered with empty cigarette packs . In a “ bedding bailiwick , ” unwanted tripe reveals the secrets of fag smugglers . [ Boston Globe ]

The Avalanche That Dumped 40 Feet of Snow On The Only Road To An Alaskan City

Of all the eldritch atmospheric condition this wintertime , this has to rank among the most apocalyptical : an avalanche blanketed 2,000 foot of the Richardson Highway , the only road into the coastal town of Valdez , seal it from the outside world . The avalanche also created a “ snowfall dam ” that backed up a lake , which made crystalise the snow dangerous , lest a waterspout followed . [ Anchorage Daily News ]

Top photo : A scene from the avalanche that cut off an Alaskan city . AP Photo / Alaska DOT&PF

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