El Niño brings risk of wildfires
3 sources·Updated September 11, 2026
Covered by 3 sources
- SciTechDaily·4h agoThe Worst Fires in Indonesia May Be the Ones You Can’t See
Indonesia’s underground peat fires are surging under El Niño and drought, raising fears of another destructive fire season. Some fires race across the surface. Indonesia’s peat fires can do something more dangerous: disappear underground and keep burning. Tropical peatland fires…
Read at SciTechDaily → - Scientific American·23h agoEl Niño fuels wildfires in Indonesia, sickening some 100,000 people
The fires are burning peatlands, which can release more particulate matter into the air than other wildfires
Read at Scientific American → - Otago Daily Times·1d agoEl Niño brings risk of wildfiresRead at Otago Daily Times →
