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El Niño mostly to blame for Indonesian wildfires: Research
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Wildfires that consumed vast swaths of Indonesia this year were driven largely by a strong El Niño, fueled by climate change and decades of natural landscape destruction, researchers said Friday.
Wildfires that consumed vast swaths of Indonesia this year were driven largely by a strong El Niño, fueled by climate change and decades of natural landscape destruction, researchers said Friday.
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