Ohsin
Smoke blanket over North Indian subcontinent. #AirPollution
Source: https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/
It is a river of smoke.
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/ (GEO-KOMPSAT-2A)
#AirPollution #StubbleBurning
Coordinated crop-residue burning being done immediately after the pass-over of NASA-NOAA satellites around 10:00 UTC or 15:30 IST (3:30 PM local) on 6 November to avoid detection and show reduction in number of fires.
https://nitter.net/hjethva05/status/1986462851364483136
This was done in 2023 and 2024 as well at the behest of officials who are under pressure to show results in controlling stubble burning.
Like clockwork once again, 7 November 2025.
https://nitter.net/hjethva05/status/1986819837721461103
#StubbleBurning #AirPollution #India
https://nitter.net/hjethva05/status/1986819837721461103
#StubbleBurning #AirPollution #India
"Despite repeated pledges, Punjab’s stubble burning continues unabated, with peak fires now shifting to late afternoon — seemingly to avoid NASA/NOAA satellite detection."
Source (Hiren Jethva on X): https://nitter.net/hjethva05/status/1987887419237208435#m
"Daily mean PM2.5 surface concentration forecasts showing development of #airpollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plain between 1 October & 10 November 2025"
Source (Mark Parrington on bsky): https://bsky.app/profile/mparrington.bsky.social/post/3m5bng7r53c2r
"North India, along with pockets in southeastern and southern areas, are the most polluted regions of the world right now. Reason? Open-field biomass burning"
11 November 2025 "Season's Smokiest Day so far"
12 November 2025
Meanwhile Supreme Court adjourns hearing on the matter to 17 November.
14 November 2025
"If not farmfire biomass burning, what explains the thick blanket of seasonal haze over the Indian subcontinent? Most states add to it, but Punjab—and adjoining areas across the border in Pakistan—consistently lead in crop fires."
15 November 2025
Smoke from central India crossing Arabian sea and reaching Somalia while smoke from north India is crossing whole Indo-Gangetic Plain and Bay of Bengal to reach South-India!
