Turning on NEON for a healthy planet.
The Race is On!
DRI's Air Quality Experts Try a New Twist on Their Research:
Museum Preservation to Save China's National Treasure
Dr. Watson and Dr. Chow assemble a pollution sampler in a pit of the museum.
(All photos in this story by Dr. Junji Cao)
The year was 1974. Two Chinese peasant farmers wandered
into an area of Xi’an, the capital of China’s Shaanxi Province,
and proceeded to dig a well to irrigate their fields. Instead of hitting
an aquifer, the farmers struck something even more precious: they stumbled
upon the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. The discovery
is touted as the largest and most important archaeological find in
the history of China. More ...