In November 2013, skies were smoky in northwestern India as farmers burned leftover crop residue.
Published Nov 15, 2013
Since 2003, the number of November crop fires in northern India has increased significantly.
Published Nov 2, 2018
In late-October and November, farmers in northern India burn off crop debris, a practice known as stubble burning.
Published Nov 5, 2014
With ice still on the Angara River, farmers in Russia began preparing their fields for the coming growing season.
Published May 13, 2013
In the Amur region of Russia, spring means farmers burn their fields to prep for the coming season.
Published May 1, 2013
Many farmers in India set fire to their fields to clear them before planting, a practice known as stubble burning.
Published Oct 27, 2017
Limited enforcement of laws against burning and a large number of abandoned fields contribute to the high frequency of fires in this part of Russia.
Published Mar 27, 2018
Crop fires have cast a pall of smoke over the state of Punjab.
Published Nov 5, 2016
Smoke from scores of agricultural fires veiled southern Russia’s Omsk and Tyumen’ regions on April 26, 2010.
Published Apr 27, 2010
Scores of agricultural fires burned in the northwest Indian states of Punjab and Haryana on November 3, 2008.
Published Nov 4, 2008
Seasonal agricultural burning contributes to air pollution in China.
Published Jun 14, 2012
