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Category Archives: Australia & Oceania
Global Transport of Smoke from Australian Bushfires
The local impacts of the Australian bushfires have been devastating to property and life in Australia while producing extreme air quality impacts throughout the region. As smoke from the massive fires has interacted with the global weather, the transport … Continue reading
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Global Transport of Australian Bushfire Smoke – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
In this video, different aerosols are highlighted by color, including dust (orange), sea salt (blue), nitrates (pink) and carbonaceous (red), with brighter regions corresponding to higher aerosol amounts. This animation shows several high impact events across the globe between August 2019 … Continue reading
Smoke plays havoc with tennis as Australian Open qualifier suffers coughing fit
The safety of players at this year’s Australian Open has been brought into sharp focus after a day of poor air quality in Melbourne forced the abandonment of former world No 1 Maria Sharapova’s match in a warm-up event at … Continue reading
Australian bush fires cause air pollution spike across Wellington region
Wellington’s air pollution levels are spiking as some of the worst bush fires in history rage across the Tasman. Air currents are carrying smoke and pollutants from Australia, up the west coast of the South Island, and then across the middle … Continue reading
Canberra experiences worst air quality on record as bushfire smoke from south coast sets in
Canberra experiences worst air quality on record as bushfire smoke from south coast sets in Residents of Australia’s capital are told to stay indoors and brace for more smog in the coming days Canberra has experienced its worst air quality on … Continue reading
Sydney Air Pollution: Sydney is Australia records AQI 12 times the hazardous level, health warnings issued
When we think about air pollution, Delhi is the first city that comes in our mind. But this piece has to be about Sydney which on Tuesday, witnessed air pollution about 12 times the ‘hazardous’ level. The Air Quality Index … Continue reading
Sydney weather: Sydney air quality worse than China as NSW records worst ever air pollution
NSW has succumbed to the highest levels of air pollution from smoke ever recorded, as Sydneysiders wake to air quality conditions worse than Shenzhen, China. Some of the smoke is reaching as far away as South America. Air quality in … Continue reading
Australia fires: Sydney blanketed by smoke from NSW bushfires
People in Sydney woke up to a city shrouded in smoke on Tuesday, as scores of bushfires rage across the region. Strong winds overnight brought smoke from fires inland, pushing the air quality in Australia’s largest city to beyond “hazardous” … Continue reading
