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Chiang Mai air pollution hits dire levels
Chiang Mai province was hit by unprecedented levels of air pollution on Wednesday as intensifying forest fires sent PM2.5 levels in some areas up to 592 microgrammes per cubic metre (ug/m3) of air, almost 12 times above safe levels. The … Continue reading
Northern Thailand chokes under shroud of smog
Chiang Mai may have fallen to third in the race for world’s worst air quality today, but northern Thailand is still choking under a blanket of toxic haze, and the Thai Meteorological Department has forecast “hot to very hot conditions” … Continue reading
Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk, says Unicef
Millions aged under five are particularly at risk from the slash and burn fires due to undeveloped immune systems Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk due to air pollution, the United Nations has warned. The … Continue reading
Unrelenting haze makes 40 spots in Malaysia unhealthy
Hazy conditions in the country worsened today as smoke billowing from Indonesian fires surpassed levels not seen since 2015. According to the Department of Environment’s Air Pollutant Index (API) this morning, 40 areas across the country were firmly in the … Continue reading
The Amazon Has Seen More Than 100,000 Fires This Year, Causing Spike in Air Pollution
The fires burning throughout the Amazon rainforest and the rest of Brazil are billowing all types of air pollutants into the atmosphere, new satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA) show. The agency released the images Monday, reminding the … Continue reading
Indonesian forests are burning, and Malaysia and Singapore are choking on the fumes
Malaysian authorities distributed half a million face masks to residents on Tuesday after large-scale forest fires in Indonesia spread smoke and thick smog to neighboring countries. Intense forest fires have raged across the Indonesian regions of Sumatra and Kalimantan in … Continue reading
Haze blankets Kuala Lumpur, Singapore as fires rage in Indonesia
A regional agency monitoring land and forest fires in Southeast Asia has raised the alert on the danger of haze from Indonesia, as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore woke up to smoke-filled skies on Tuesday. The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) … Continue reading
NASA detects huge carbon monoxide plume from Amazon rainforests
Carbon monoxide is a pollutant that can persist in the atmosphere for about a month and has implications for both air pollution and climate change NASA has detected a giant plume of carbon monoxide from fires in the Amazon rainforest. … Continue reading
