カテゴリー: Wildfires
New study highlights how events in one region can create a domino effect felt thousands of miles awayLast year California suffered its worst series of wildfires, including five of the most destructive six fires on record, all driven by unseasonal winds…
Haze from last year’s fires forced airports and schools to close, and are thought to have cost the economy at least $5.2bnThe Indonesian government is deploying artificial rains ahead of the dry season’s peak as the country attempts to prevent a repeat…
The summer has seen another cyclone in Fiji and terrible fires in Australia. We don’t need to be scientists to know that something is very wrong hereAs the world rang in a new year, for Oceania, the images that marked the beginning of the decade weren’…
Bambang Hero Saharjo has received death threats for testifying against companiesA scientist who takes on the companies responsible for massive wildfires across Indonesia has won the prestigious John Maddox prize for standing up for science in the face …
Indonesia environment minister says smog is also from fires in Malaysia and VietnamIndonesia has shot back at claims the country is solely responsible for the fires that have created a thick haze across parts of Malaysia this week and forced the closur…
Residents inhaling smoke from peat and trees burned hundreds of miles awayAn increase in Indonesian forest fires – the sharpest rise since 2015 – has infuriated neighbouring Malaysia, where residents are inhaling smoke from peat and trees burned hundre…