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Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground
ScienceDailySunday, September 6, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months.
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Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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