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Study links Indonesia fires to El Niño and warming

World Weather Attribution researchers found that El Niño drove severe rainfall shortages in Indonesia, while human-induced climate change raised temperatures. They said warming made hot, dry conditions about three times more likely and intensified seasonal heat from August to October by about 1.6 C. The conditions fueled the country’s worst wildfire season in a decade, spreading toxic smog and disrupting schools and palm oil production.

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