Category
page 1Environmental disasters in Asia
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
Darvaza gas crater
burning natural gas field in Turkmenistan
Semipalatinsk Test Site
nuclear test site
X-Press Pearl
container ship built in 2021
Kuwaiti oil fires
oil well fires in 1991
Thilafushi
Thilafushi () is an artificial island created by a government decision in 1991 as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Malé, and is located between Kaafu Atoll's Giraavaru and Gulhifalhu of the Maldives.
2022 Aqaba toxic gas leak
2022 toxic gas leak in Aqaba, Jordan
Saemangeum Seawall
World's longest man-made dyke
2019 Southeast Asian haze
current trans-national air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia
water crisis in Iran
water shortage of Iran
1997 Indonesian forest fires
K5 Plan
vast defensive belt along the Cambodian-Thai border
2015 Southeast Asian haze
air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian haze
Regular large scale fire-related air pollution problems that occurs in Southeast Asia
2013 Southeast Asian haze
Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2013
2021 Israel oil spill
Oil spill on the coast of Israel in February 2021
2006 Southeast Asian haze
haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2006
Al-Mishraq
Al-Mishraq, or Mishraq Sulphur State Company, is a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, Iraq.
environmental impact of the Gaza war
pernicious influence of the armed conflict in part of Palestine on the ecology of the region
2010 Southeast Asian haze
haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2010
2016 Southeast Asian haze
Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2016
1997 Southeast Asian haze
Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-1997