NASA satellites show surge in Indonesia hotspots as 2025 fires send smoke to Malaysia

Mongabay
Aug 13, 2025, 9:08 am93 ptsTrending
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s 2025 fire season is spiraling into one of the worst in recent memory, with a sharp spike in hotspots and toxic haze already choking parts of Malaysia. Forest and peat fires, mostly caused by deliberate land clearing for agriculture, are an annual problem in Indonesia that strain…

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