New Timing for Stubble Burning in India

New Timing for Stubble Burning in India

Every year for decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in northern India from October to December. That's when

NASA says later-day stubble burning in northern India complicates air quality monitoring

Washington, Dec 16: Seasonal crop fires across northern India are increasingly being lit later in the day, a shift that scientists say could complicate efforts to monitor stubble burning and assess its impact on air quality, according to satellite observations and recent studies, NASA has said. For decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain from October to December as farmers burn off crop residue after the…

New Timing for Stubble Burning in India - NASA Science

EO Science Earth Observatory New Timing for Stubble Burning… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Search Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe Contact Us   November 11, 2025 Every year for decades, long rive…