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Monday, November 9th, 2015

Peering Through Smoke – DLR Satellite TET-1 Delivers Detailed Images of the Fires in Indonesia

November 9, 2015 — Indonesia is on fire – the island state is currently facing a bitter struggle against forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo, most likely caused by illegal ‘slash and burn’ farming to clear the land for palm oil or timber plantations. The extremely dry conditions resulting from the El Niño