A map of the Asian brown cloud, centered on North India and Pakistan – air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year, mostly in developping countries [OC]
A map of the Asian brown cloud, centered on North India and Pakistan – air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year, mostly in developping countries [OC]
As the pollution levels in Delhi reach extremely hazardous heights, AQI has been around 500-900 for a couple days now, I thought I could share this map I made for a book that aims at showing humanity’s footprint on Earth, in a collection of maps, infographs and texts.
The bottom map shows the share of deaths partly attributed to air pollution
looks like the Himalayas create a similar effect as the San Gabriel mountains around LA — trapping the smog. I guess India/Pakistan inevitably have to do similar types of severe pollution intervention that California did. Los Angeles was well known for its thicc smog in the 1970s.
timpdx on
Delhi is the worst pollution I’ve personally experienced in 60 countries visited. And I grew up in 70s LA smog. Don’t go to Delhi this time of year.
Few-Breakfast9172 on
RIP
MarkSalt4250 on
As a resident of Kanpur (see the first map), fortunately the pollution hasn’t been so bad yet like last year.
panacea11 on
How old is the map? It got 2006 Aral Sea
Zealousideal-Quiet51 on
the aqi here 714 and i cant look out of the window
HeartOfTemptation on
looking at this, gotta say it’s pretty wild how we’re legit effin’ up our planet
WMHamiltonII on
No sympathy for countries that have 1.4 BILLION population. That’s mother earth telling you to go back 100 years.
_x_oOo_x_ on
What is causing it? What is the main pollutant?
Illustrious_Map_3247 on
What’s the deal with Papua New Guinea? I’d guess it has pretty loose air quality regulation. But it’s also very rural and has very few cars per capita.
4ssteroid on
It doesn’t stop at the Nepal border. It passes it and continues towards the Himalayas and ricochets back into Nepal creating a double effect. Right now the aqf in my area is 162 though it’s got a lot to do with our citizens and govt too.
Copper-Merchant on
And because of Himalayas Nepal has to suffer from this as well
Por_TheAdventurer on
I’m so stressed I have to breathe 100-150 AQI air index everyday!
ExpensiveMention8781 on
Why only one country from Central Asia in dark brown?
GermaneRiposte101 on
>air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year
![A map of the Asian brown cloud, centered on North India and Pakistan – air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year, mostly in developping countries [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/nuw28jf1qa7g1-1142x1536.png "A map of the Asian brown cloud, centered on North India and Pakistan – air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year, mostly in developping countries [OC]")
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As the pollution levels in Delhi reach extremely hazardous heights, AQI has been around 500-900 for a couple days now, I thought I could share this map I made for a book that aims at showing humanity’s footprint on Earth, in a collection of maps, infographs and texts.
The bottom map shows the share of deaths partly attributed to air pollution
More of my work on my [website](https://www.perrinremonte.com/fraccueil-1) for those interested and a [link](https://www.fnac.com/a21526119/Laurent-Testot-Notre-empreinte-sur-Terre) to the book!
looks like the Himalayas create a similar effect as the San Gabriel mountains around LA — trapping the smog. I guess India/Pakistan inevitably have to do similar types of severe pollution intervention that California did. Los Angeles was well known for its thicc smog in the 1970s.
Delhi is the worst pollution I’ve personally experienced in 60 countries visited. And I grew up in 70s LA smog. Don’t go to Delhi this time of year.
RIP
As a resident of Kanpur (see the first map), fortunately the pollution hasn’t been so bad yet like last year.
How old is the map? It got 2006 Aral Sea
the aqi here 714 and i cant look out of the window
looking at this, gotta say it’s pretty wild how we’re legit effin’ up our planet
No sympathy for countries that have 1.4 BILLION population. That’s mother earth telling you to go back 100 years.
What is causing it? What is the main pollutant?
What’s the deal with Papua New Guinea? I’d guess it has pretty loose air quality regulation. But it’s also very rural and has very few cars per capita.
It doesn’t stop at the Nepal border. It passes it and continues towards the Himalayas and ricochets back into Nepal creating a double effect. Right now the aqf in my area is 162 though it’s got a lot to do with our citizens and govt too.
And because of Himalayas Nepal has to suffer from this as well
I’m so stressed I have to breathe 100-150 AQI air index everyday!
Why only one country from Central Asia in dark brown?
>air pollution kills 7 to 9 million people every year
I have no idea what this sentence means.
Are young people killed?
Are 98 year old people killed.
Are years of life taken off everyone?
Do people with respiratory illnesses live less?
WTF does it mean?
Daaaamn that’s nasty
Are India making an effort with pollution?
Mothe nature is fighting back