Indonesia's underground peat fires are surging under El Niño and drought, raising fears of another destructive fire season. Indonesia's peat fires can do something more dangerous: disappear underground and keep burning.
Indonesia's underground peat fires are surging under El Niño and drought, raising fears of another destructive fire season.
Indonesia's peat fires can do something more dangerous: disappear underground and keep burning.
Tropical peatland fires develop when carbon-rich wetland soils dry out enough to ignite.
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Indonesia's underground peat fires are surging under El Niño and drought, raising fears of another destructive fire season. Indonesia's peat fires can do something more dangerous: disappear underground and keep burning. Tropical peatland fires develop when carbon-rich wetland soils dry out enough to ignite.
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