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
- One of Earth’s most powerful supervolcanoes is refilling with fresh magma
- A rock plunged 90 kilometers into Earth and revealed something unexpected
- A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and unleashed a 330-foot tsunami
- Hurricane warning maps are improving, but a dangerous problem remains
- Alaska’s monster tsunami sent water 1,580 feet up a mountain
- Something strange is happening beneath a volcano near 2 million people
- Scientists discover a surprising twist in Japan's 7,300-year-old volcanic apocalypse
- NASA discovers hidden fires burning beneath the Amazon rainforest
- NASA captures strange waves high above Hurricane Simon
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