El Nino Mostly to Blame for Indonesian Wildfires: Research

El Nino mostly to blame for Indonesia’s wildfires, researchers say

JAKARTA, Nov 13 — Wildfires that consumed vast swathes of Indonesia this year were driven largely by a strong El Nino, fuelled by climate change and decades of natural landscape...

Climate change made Indonesian fires more severe, scientists say

SINGAPORE — Wildfires that hit large parts of Indonesia from August to October and plunged much of Southeast Asia into hazardous smoke were made much worse by "record-breaking" heat caused by human-induced climate change, scientists said on Friday. While a very strong El Niño was the dominant factor in determining the extremely low levels of rainfall across Indonesia from July, human-induced climate change contributed around 1.6 degrees Celsius …

Climate change made Indonesian fires more severe, scientists say - Regional Media News

By David Stanway SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Wildfires that hit large parts of Indonesia from August to October and plunged much of Southeast Asia into hazardous smoke were made much worse by "record-breaking" heat caused by human-induced climate change, scientists said on Friday. While [...]

El Nino mostly to blame for Indonesian wildfires: research

El Nino was largely to blame for an extreme lack of rainfall in the Southeast Asian archipelago from July to October, reducing seasonal rainfall by about half, according to a report by scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. Climate change contributed by driving up temperatures. "Seasonal temperatures from August to October were dominated by climate change -- primarily from the burning of fossil fuels -- which made the seasona…

Climate change’s heat and El Nino’s drought worsened Indonesia haze: Study

But these events are increasingly predictable, and in turn, solvable, said a new study. Read more at straitstimes.com.