When I lived in Kalimantan in Indonesia in the 1990s and later in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, I would often wake to toxic, smoke-filled skies. The air would be filled with the distinctive smell of ...

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Indonesia has lost over 80% of its peatlands, now converted to plantations Peatlands store 44% of global soil carbon and are vital for biodiversity Drained peatlands are highly flammable, causing ...

In the region surrounding Moscow, peat-bog and forest fires are combining with the area's usual heavy pollution to blanket the Russian capital in thick smog. But as Moscow landmarks disappear from ...

Three inches of rain early Monday extinguished a wildfire that had burned for more than a week in Camden County, N.C., but underground soils were still smoldering and could touch it off again. As the ...

The greatest concentrations of the world’s soil carbon have been pinpointed by researchers − and much of it is a dangerously flammable addition to climate change concerns. An international scientific ...