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Second cyclone System Within a Week Targets Oman … spreading the Asian brown cloud of brownish soot particles
Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:15 CST
HERE ….Last week, Oman was hit by Cyclone Keila which left 14 people dead and Oman under nearly 2 meters of water in some places. Now, the country is about to be hit again with Cyclone 4- the fourth such cyclone to form in the Arabian Sea this year. Scientists say airborne pollution from South Asia is helping to brew monster storms in the Arabian Sea that have claimed thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars, say environmental scientists.
The scientists, led by Amato Evan of the University of Virginia, point the finger at a haze known as the ‘Asian brown cloud’, which hangs over parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India and Pakistan. Several kilometres thick, the cloud comprises brownish particles of carbon soot and sulphates spewed by factories, diesel exhaust and poorly-burnt biomass. “In addition to the multitude of known health impacts associated with aerosols that comprise the ‘Asian brown cloud’, we suggest: Full report HERE
