Increasing potential of biomass burning over Sumatra, Indonesia induced by anthropogenic tropical warming

Uncontrolled biomass burning in Indonesia during drought periods damages the landscape, degrades regional air quality, and acts as a disproportionately large source of greenhouse gas emissions. The expansion of forest fires is mostly observed in October in Sumatra favored by persistent droughts duri...

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Main Authors: R Kartika Lestari, Masahiro Watanabe, Yukiko Imada, Hideo Shiogama, Robert D Field, Toshihiko Takemura, Masahide Kimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104010

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