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. These slow smoldering fires are especially destructive because they release far more fine particles and several pollutants than typical tropical forest fires, while thick smoke can make them difficult for satellites to detect.
Source: ScienceDaily | Natural Disasters
ScienceDaily | Natural Disasters
- Deep beneath Mars, scientists find a vast hidden magma system
- Earth may have lost the Sun’s protective shield millions of years ago
- A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart
- One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow
- Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
- The next Cascadia megaquake could hit Oregon harder than expected
- Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
- Europe’s wildfires became so intense they created their own storm
- Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
- Earth’s hidden “gold kitchen” lies beneath the seafloor
