City report · Hubei, China
Wuxue Air quality today
Air quality in Wuxue currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 69
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.2
- tree cover
- 8.3%
- trees in this area
- 19.6K
- more trees needed
- 51.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Wuxue, Huanggang, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Wuxue · AQI 69 (Moderate)
Wuxue's tree count comes to 19,582 trees across 9.44 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 51,198 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Wuxue today: AQI 69, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Jiujiang and Huangshi
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.2
PM10
33.8
NO₂
51.6
O₃
28.0
SO₂
20.0
CO
677.0
- 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 Wuxue's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 68 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 6.
Where Wuxue stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Wuxue: Critically low
8.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.44 km² of land.
Trees in this area
19,582
Target trees
70,780
More trees needed
51,198
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,126 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Wuxue lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Wuxue has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 272 haabout 380 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 249 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 38 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2021 | 26 ha | 13 ha | 38 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | 4 ha | 19 ha |
| 2023 | 26 ha | 2 ha | 28 ha |
| 2024 | 32 ha | 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2025 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Wuxue?
- Mining and energycleared for good84% · 229 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8% · 22 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.3% · 20 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 6,690 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,490 ha
- Overall change
- −205 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Wuxue shrank from about 6,690 hectares to 6,490 hectares, a net loss of about 205 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 131 hectares, but 336 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 Wuxue right now?
The latest reading for Wuxue shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Wuxue today?
At AQI 69 (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 Wuxue been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Wuxue's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 68 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 6. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Wuxue lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Wuxue has lost about 272 hectares of forest (about 380 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Wuxue shrank from about 6,690 hectares to 6,490 hectares, a net loss of about 205 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 131 hectares, but 336 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Wuxue?
Wuxue has an estimated 19,582 trees across the 9.44 km² of land measured — 8.3% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Wuxue need?
Wuxue needs roughly 51,198 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,126 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Wuxue's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Wuxue; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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