Home Indonesia to seed clouds, try to put out huge plantation fires
 

Keywords :   


Indonesia to seed clouds, try to put out huge plantation fires

2013-06-21 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Record-breaking air pollution caused by peatland fires in Sumatra has Malaysians and Singaporeans locked indoors - and Indonesia today plans to try an unconventional approach to tackling the flames. The Indonesians will dump chemicals from aircraft high above smoldering palm plantations in hopes of changing the weather. The goal is to seed clouds and force them to rain their moisture out over the stubborn conflagrations, which were triggered by slash-and-burn forest-clearing by the palm oil industry....

Tags: put huge indonesia seed

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
02.11Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
02.11Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
02.11Tropical Depression Thirteen-E Graphics
02.11Summary for Tropical Depression Thirteen-E (EP3/EP132024)
02.11Fragrancing Spaces with Atmos, A Smart Home Diffuser
02.11Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
02.11Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
01.11Tropical Depression Thirteen-E Forecast Discussion Number 1
More »