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Why is it so hard to put out Indonesian fires shrouding the region in toxic smog?

Science | 2026-10-09 at 09:37 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
We explain why Indonesia’s peatland fires are so difficult to battle and produce so much haze.
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