New Delhi, March 16 -- What an extraordinarily tragic fortnight it has been. Across countries, the West Asia war - through the killing, burning, and bombing - has left us in grief and horror. Even if the bombings stopped tomorrow, the war's consequences will linger for decades, particularly through its environmental toll. Let us think back to the Gulf war of 1990, when Iraq attempted to invade Kuwait, sparking a global conflict involving NATO. Did you know the resulting pollution reached as far as the Himalayas? We know that winds carrying desert dust from West Asia have previously reached the Indo-Gangetic Plains, turning everything into a dusty smog. What happens when these winds are hyper-toxic, carrying the remnants of burnt fossil fuel...