On November 2, Data-Driven Lab supported a datathon centered on Southeast Asia’s haze crisis. The haze is a recurring issue in the region and is mainly caused by the burning of land in Indonesia. In September, forest fires in Indonesia were so severe that skies...
Hanoi – a city typically known for its charming Old Quarter and mouth-watering pho – has recently attracted attention for a different reason: poor air quality. On September 29, the U.S. Embassy’s monitoring station in Hanoi registered hourly Air Quality Index (AQI)...
Above: A satellite image reveals air pollution blanketing the Korean Peninsula. Credit: GeoEye, Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Asia_dust_2000-04-07.jpg) By: Don Mosteller, Research Fellow More than half of South Korea’s...
This post originally appeared in Scientific American. Image: Smog shrouds Beijing’s Forbidden City Credit: By Brian Jeffery Beggerly via Wikimedia Commonsunder Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 By Angel Hsu, David Wong,...
This post originally appeared on World Economic Forum Agenda Forum. Photo credit: A hazy view of Shanghai, China By Aly Song/REUTERS This post was co-written and compiled by Carlin Rosengarten and Angel Hsu. As the world is becoming wealthier, the air we...
When it comes to our most pressing environmental challenges, much of the data needed to take effective action are missing. Water quality, recycling rates, toxic chemical exposures, land degradation – assessing these environmental issues is hampered by the lack of...
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