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THICK HAZE [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A layer of air pollution that covers parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India and Pakistan, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and China.

CONT

The Asian brown cloud, the thick haze caused by pollution that hangs over southern Asia, is rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers and could precipitate an environmental disaster that could affect billions of people, scientists have warned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Énorme nuage de pollution qui s'étend sur une surface allant de la mer Rouge à la Chine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
CONT

En el trabajo patrocinado por las Naciones Unidas se destaca que la nube marrón asiática —una sucia combinación de cenizas, hollín, ácidos y otras partículas— es causada en gran parte por contaminantes de baja tecnología, como las cocinas de leña, el fuego de cocinas y la destrucción de bosques, al igual que por las industrias.

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Record 2 2022-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

A stagnant air pattern over the region has allowed fine particulates to gather in high concentrations near the ground, creating a thick haze.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Hot, dust-laden, northwest wind in the lower valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and in the Persian Gulf.

OBS

It may set in suddenly at any time, and generally lasts from one to five days, dying down at night and freshening again by day; however, in June and early July it continues almost without cessation(the great or forty-day shamal). Although the wind rarely exceeds 13 m s1(30 mph), it is very hot, dry, and dusty. The sky is cloudless but the haze is often so thick as to obscure the land, making navigation dangerous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent chaud du nord-ouest, chargé de poussière, affectant la partie inférieure de la vallée du Tigre et de l'Euphrate et le golfe Persique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Viento del noroeste, cálido y cargado de polvo, que sopla en la parte inferior del valle del Tigris y del Eufrates, y en el Golfo Pérsico.

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