Indonesia Peatlands on Fire (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Indonesia Peatlands on Fire

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"This was all human-driven," says study co-author James Randerson, UCI's Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair in Earth System Science, of the 2015 environmental catastrophe. "The fires help a small part of the population, but the costs for people far away in cities such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are enormous."

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Fuu Ming Kai

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