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Southeast Asia's traditional wet season, which typically spans October through March, is driven by the Australian-Indonesian monsoon (AIM) system. This meteorological phenomenon generates air currents flowing from Asia toward Australia, transporting significant moisture that results in substantial precipitation across the region.
After 2040, Asia would likely account for over half of the world's electricity consumption, and around 40% will likely be generated from coal burning. [3]: 1470 Asia is expected to import more oil and gas in the future than it does now, and would likely account for 80% of the global energy market in 2050.
A peat fire near the Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Selangor, Malaysia (2013). The fires are below the surface, where the peat is smoldering. The Southeast Asian haze is a fire-related recurrent transboundary air pollution issue.
The analysis showed 76% of children in South Asia were exposed to extreme high temperature compared to 32% globally, UNICEF said. ... the impacts are compounded by dire social and economic problems.
The Indian Ocean brown cloud or Asian brown cloud is a layer of air pollution that recurrently covers parts of South Asia, namely the northern Indian Ocean, India, and Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Viewed from satellite photos , the cloud appears as a giant brown stain hanging in the air over much of the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean every ...
Category: Environment of South Asia. 3 languages. ... Natural history of South Asia (9 C) A. Environment of Afghanistan (8 C, 4 P) B. Environment of Bangladesh (13 C ...
Monsoons hit South Asia every year between June and September, but the 2017 monsoon season was far worse than average, [5] bringing flooding and associated landslides of unusual severity. Experts called the floods the worst in South Asia in decades and a threat to long-term food supplies due to ruined farmland. [ 6 ]
Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, more than 95% of its estimated 590 square km of vegetation has been cleared. At first for short-term cash crops and later because of urbanization and industrialization. 61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.