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Southeast Asian fires emitted most carbon since 1997: scientists
2016-06-28 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Forest fires that blanketed Southeast Asia in thick haze last year released the greatest amount of climate-changing carbon since record blazes in 1997, producing emissions higher than in the whole of the European Union, scientists said on Tuesday. Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia choked under a layer of toxic smog in September and October last year, caused by thousands of fires started in Indonesia to cheaply clear land for palm oil crops and for pulp and paper plantations. The fires...
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