Uncontrolled fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, have destroyed vast peatland forest areas, ruined livelihoods, and led to massive releases of smog and greenhouse gases. Our latest audio slideshow tells the story of how the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and its partners are using science to develop an early-warning system to reduce the risk of these fires occurring.
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Water is sprayed at a building that housed the soon to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental Hotel after it caught on fire in Beijing February 9, 2009. Fire consumed a building in Beijing that ...
