City report · Shandong, China
Qingnian Air quality today
Air quality in Qingnian currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 96
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.0
- tree cover
- 9.4%
- trees in this area
- 29.5K
- more trees needed
- 64.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Linqing, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qingnian · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Qingnian's tree count comes to 29,531 trees across 12.57 km², 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,717 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qingnian today: AQI 96, Moderate
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 · Linqing Municipal Meteorological Bureau, Linqing City (临清市临清市气象局), 3.8 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.0
PM10
75.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qingnian's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 69 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 7.
Where Qingnian stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qingnian: Critically low
9.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
29,531
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
64,717
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,424 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qingnian lost?
There was very little forest around Qingnian in 2000, about 55 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Qingnian?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.6% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.6% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown89% · 3 ha
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
- 769 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,710 ha
- Overall change
- +937 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingnian grew from about 769 hectares to 1,710 hectares, a net gain of about 937 hectares (+122%). New forest grew on about 947 hectares, while 10 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Qingnian right now?
The latest reading for Qingnian shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by the Linqing Municipal Meteorological Bureau, Linqing City (临清市临清市气象局) ground monitoring station, 3.8 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qingnian today?
At AQI 96 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Qingnian been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qingnian's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 69 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qingnian lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Qingnian in 2000, about 55 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingnian grew from about 769 hectares to 1,710 hectares, a net gain of about 937 hectares (+122%). New forest grew on about 947 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Qingnian?
Qingnian has an estimated 29,531 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.4% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qingnian need?
Qingnian needs roughly 64,717 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,424 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qingnian's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Linqing, 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 Linqing; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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