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Eric Kerr

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Lecturer, National University of Singapore

Smoke form Australia’s bushfires could be seen from space. But who should be held to account for the problem? NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY

January 23, 2020

Australia’s bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it

Eric Kerr, National University of Singapore and Malini Sur, Western Sydney University

When a bushfire burns is one country, smoke drift means it can become the world’s problem. But the law lacks the teeth to hold those responsible to account.

A thick haze has settled over Sydney, blown in from northwest of the city. Dean Lewins/AAP

November 22, 2019

What do Sydney and other cities have in common? Dust

Malini Sur, Western Sydney University and Eric Kerr, National University of Singapore

The haze now engulfing Sydney isn’t an isolated problem. Cities around the world struggle to manage the many sources of tiny airborne particles and the discomfort and illnesses these cause.

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