Editing Bay of Bengal (section)

==== Environmental hazards ====
The [[Asian brown cloud]], a layer of air pollution that covers much of South Asia and the Indian Ocean every year between January and March, and possibly also during earlier and later months, hangs over the Bay of Bengal. It is considered to be a combination of vehicle exhaust, smoke from
cooking fires, and industrial discharges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13341 |title=EO Natural Hazards: Smog over the Bay of Bengal |website=NASA Earth Observatory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026204458/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13341 |archive-date=26 October 2007 |access-date=21 January 2007}}</ref> Because of this cloud, satellites attempting to track [[ocean acidification]] and other ocean health indicators in the Bay have difficulty obtaining accurate measurements.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/ocean-acidification-in-bay-of-bengal-is-now-being-monitored-by-global-satellite-network-7787131.html Ocean acidification in Bay of Bengal is now being monitored] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929090907/https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/ocean-acidification-in-bay-of-bengal-is-now-being-monitored-by-global-satellite-network-7787131.html |date=29 September 2021 }}. ''[[Firstpost]]''. 16 December 2019.</ref>