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Could climate change worsen Southeast Asias forest fires?
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Southeast Asia could have to brace for more forest fires and clouds of smoke if climate change takes hold, a World Bank expert suggests. As temperatures climb, some parts of Southeast Asia will likely flood with rising sea levels while others face drought and heat waves. Drier jungles and peatlands in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and elsewhere could trigger more fires and spread more choking smoke across the region in the years to come. "Tropical forests, including peat forests, are quite...
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Indonesia fights fires, faces ire as smog blankets Singapore
2013-06-22 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air quality in Singapore improved significantly to "moderate" pollution levels on Saturday, as Indonesian planes waterbombed raging forest fires and investigators scrambled to determine the cause of one of Southeast Asia's worst air pollution crises. Indonesia's environment minister said eight domestic firms were suspected of being responsible for the blazes on Sumatra island that blanketed neighboring Singapore in record levels of hazardous smog. The parent companies of the Indonesian firms included...
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Peering Through the Haze: What Data Can Tell Us About the Fires in Indonesia
2013-06-21 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: People in Indonesia, Singapore, and parts of Malaysia are currently suffering from debilitating levels of haze resulting from forest fires. Air quality levels in Singapore have deteriorated to the worst levels ever recorded on the island, while local airports in Indonesia and some schools in Malaysia have had to close. Almost all of the recent fires (June 12-20) have occurred in Sumatra, an island in western Indonesia. While theres been heated debate on the location, cause, and nature of the...
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....
Singapore Engulfed in Smoke Pollution From Illegal Fires
2013-06-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Billowing smoke from illegal fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has engulfed Singapore this week, pushing air pollution to record levelsfor three consecutive days. The smoke, which is captured in a new NASA satellite image, has created an acrid blanket of smog across the region and historic levels of air pollution. According to government officials, Singapore's air pollution index reached 401 on Friday, a level considered hazardous for breathing. Before this week, the previous high was 226....
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