Haze
2019 Is Singapore’s Joint Warmest Year On Record
Haze and landspout are among the year’s notable events. 2019 continued the warm trend seen in Singapore over the past decades. Since February 2018, Singapore’s monthly mean temperatures were above the respective monthly average for 23 consecutive months. The annual mean temperature in 2019 was 28.4°C. This was 0.9°C higher than the 1981-2010 long-term average, …
Best Air Purifiers For Your Home
Looking for the best purifier to keep the air quality of your home in top shape? Here are some of our picks perfect for the task. Rabbit Air MinusA2 This air purifier is equipped with a Germ Defense filter which traps airborne bacteria, mold, spores, and other virus-carrying particles. This is paired with a Toxin …
What It Takes To Put Out Forest Fires
In Brazil, the world’s largest tropical rainforest is burning. Indonesia is home to the third-largest tropical forest and this too is burning in parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan. Recently, a member of the Environment and Forestry Ministry Fire Fighter Task Force, or Manggala Agni, was killed by a falling tree while trying to extinguish fires …
We Built An App To Detect Areas Most Vulnerable To Life-Threatening Haze
Forest and land-use fires are ravaging Indonesia’s Sumatra and Kalimantan islands. Haze from these fires threatens lives as inhaling smoke can cause heart and respiratory diseases, leading to premature deaths. We study the intersection of land use, fires and air pollution. Based on our latest study, smoke exposure would lead to about 36,000 premature deaths …
Singapore Government Agencies Implement Measures To Mitigate Impact Of Haze
Singapore, 17 September 2019 – The Government’s Haze Task Force (HTF), comprising 28 government agencies and led by the National Environment Agency (NEA), stands ready to minimise and manage the impact of haze on the public. HTF member agencies have put in place robust action plans, allowing tiered responses depending on the intensity of the haze, …
Hazed By The Smog: Where Does Asia’s Air Pollution Come From?
A haze has periodically wafted over Asia for 20 years. But despite rising public health concern, the pollution remains as opaque as the smoke itself, Mike Ives reports. At the age of 13, Tan Yi Han could not see the edge of his schoolyard. It was 1998 in Singapore, the wealthy city-state known for its …