City report · Hubei, China
E’zhou Air quality today
Air quality in E’zhou currently reads AQI 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 137
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 50.1
- tree cover
- 9.1%
- trees in this area
- 20.7K
- more trees needed
- 59.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
E’zhou · AQI 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
E’zhou's tree count comes to 20,727 trees across 9.11 km² of land, 26 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,991 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in E’zhou today: AQI 137, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Zhaojiaba, Ezhou, Hubei (鄂州赵家坝), 3 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
50.1
PM10
85.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hubei Environmental Protection Agency (湖北省环境保护厅)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put E’zhou's daily AQI at 116 on average, from 72 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 188 on Nov 6.
Where E’zhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in E’zhou: Critically low
9.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.11 km² of land.
Trees in this area
20,727
Target trees
79,718
More trees needed
58,991
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,298 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has E’zhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of E’zhou has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (38%), after which forest can grow back. About 2 hectares (42%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around E’zhou?
- Loggingcan grow back38% · 2 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good27% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · under 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,990 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,300 ha
- Overall change
- +303 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around E’zhou grew from about 1,990 hectares to 2,300 hectares, a net gain of about 303 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 326 hectares, while 22 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about E’zhou
What is the air quality (AQI) in E’zhou right now?
The latest reading for E’zhou shows an AQI of 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by the Zhaojiaba, Ezhou, Hubei (鄂州赵家坝) ground monitoring station, 3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in E’zhou today?
At AQI 137 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in E’zhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put E’zhou's daily AQI at 116 on average, from 72 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 188 on Nov 6. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around E’zhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of E’zhou has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (38%), after which forest can grow back. About 2 hectares (42%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around E’zhou grew from about 1,990 hectares to 2,300 hectares, a net gain of about 303 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 326 hectares, while 22 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in E’zhou?
E’zhou has an estimated 20,727 trees across the 9.11 km² of land measured — 9.1% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does E’zhou need?
E’zhou needs roughly 58,991 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,298 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are E’zhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Echeng District, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Echeng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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