by Meg | Mar 14, 2013 | animal, coal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Being the only Americans in a city of 1.25 million, you tend to stick out a little bit. It just so happened that we caught the eye of a reporter from the Ya’an Daily Newspaper. Over a steaming bowl of Ya’an’s best noodles at Mr. Cheng’s, we...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | coal, Environmental Impact, Misc., Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Both Meghan and I were approached by a few kids from the local high school and asked if we could come and lecture for a few hours on what we do in China. It was quite a treat to learn about the lives of the students and how they all seem to think that biologist...
by Meg | Feb 28, 2012 | coal, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution |
The other afternoon I managed to convince a local restaurant owner to drive me to several coal brick production facilities here in Ya’an. These shops, which are often in the middle of town are simply redistributors of the same coal that is mined near the...
by Meg | Feb 24, 2012 | coal, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Travel |
One of the first things you notice when arriving in China is the amount of smog that sits in the air around its cities. Ya’an is considered small in regards to Shanghai or Beijing with a population of 1.5 million, but it’s no exception to the dense clouds...
