{"id":149778,"date":"2026-04-16T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149778"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:00:14","slug":"the-fluff-stops-here-beijings-battle-against-the-green-wall-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149778","title":{"rendered":"The fluff stops here: Beijing\u2019s battle against the green wall \u2018snowstorm\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing residents are once again bracing for a seasonal nuisance that has become something of a tradition: the city\u2019s annual \u201csnowstorm\u201d of willow and poplar catkins.<br \/>\nThe catkins are essentially seeds from female willow and poplar trees, encased in downy fibres. After pollination in spring, the female trees produce seed pods that split open upon ripening, releasing the fluffy seeds to disperse in the wind.<br \/>\nThe wisps absorb bacteria, pollen and dust from the air, triggering respiratory and skin&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3350128\/fluff-stops-here-beijings-battle-against-green-wall-snowstorm?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing residents are once again bracing for a seasonal nuisance that has become something of a tradition: the city\u2019s annual \u201csnowstorm\u201d of willow and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149778"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}