Comments on: Yellow Dust Linked to Weather Change

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:30:43 +0000

Mr. Joe, I have read a lot about the Korean War and not in one book can I remember any accounts of visibility problems during the spring time due to dust from the Gobi desert. The recent environmental damage in China must be overwhelmingly extensive to cause such dust storms that are wreaking havok over Korea today.

Yet what does Korean environmentalists care about? Fhlameldahyde dumped down a sink in Yongsan that was processed multiple times before reaching the already heavily polluted Han River.

By: Mr. Joe

Mr. Joe — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:15:40 +0000

Good articles. I had no knowledge of the problem here 30 years ago. I doubt if anyone noticed, if indeed it existed.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:56:24 +0000

I have about eight years of experience with Korea and it does seem to be getting worse than in previous years. It is interesting to hear from someone who was in Korea in the 80's to confirm this suspicion.

By: fencerider

fencerider — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:57:47 +0000

I have been here 11 years in pusan and daegu...the frequency is irratic but the severity is definately increasing as witnessed by the April Fool's day storm this year that reached above 2000 in Daegu... Check these pics out

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:09:06 +0000

I've been here most of the time since 1983 and the dust has gotten much worse. Until about 5 years ago Spring only met nice weather. Now it means more dust and for a longer period of time each year. I never had alergys until about 3-4 years ago and they only come with the dust not the pollen.

By: [GI Korea] Yellow Dust Linked - USFK Forums

[GI Korea] Yellow Dust Linked - USFK Forums — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:41:50 +0000

[...] [GI Korea] Yellow Dust Linked Published: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:20:04 +0000 From Reuters: Jeff Stith of the National Center for Atmospheric Research communicated with reporters via Web chat from a research jet flying 40,000 feet above the ocean as part of a mission to track dust and pollution particles blown from Asia to the United States. "We have found enhancements in pollution levels in some of the upper [...] Read More… [...]