Indonesia Wildfires Intensify Southeast Asia Haze as Dry Ice Weather Modification Begins and Timor-Leste Closes Schools
Indonesia is testing an unusual weather-modification technique as widespread forest and peatland fires send hazardous smoke across Southeast Asia, worsening air pollution, disrupting daily life and forcing neighbouring Timor-Leste to suspend in-person classes for three days. The trial, announced for Thursday, October 15, 2026, involves dispersing dry ice from aircraft over South Sumatra in an … Read more