Climate Change and El Niño Drive Severe Indonesia Forest Fires

Indonesia faces major environmental crisis as wildfires ravage millions of hectares

Fires in Indonesia, driven partly by a strong El Nino, have burned approximately 2.88 million hectares of land this year. Human-induced climate change increased temperatures in Indonesia by 1.6 degrees Celsius during the fire season, according to a report by World Weather Attribution. Scientists from Indonesia, the United States, and three European countries found that … Read more