EnvironmentThe Helsinki-based CREA estimates 57.8 million Indonesians breathed unhealthy to hazardous air in September. PM2.5 in Kalimantan was 24 times the WHO annual limit.
EnvironmentNelson Mandela University's head of forestry, Tiaan Pool, warns that a strengthening El Niño, dry landscapes and invasive woody plants raise the risk of fires that overwhelm crews, burning grazing land, crops and timber.
EnvironmentThe World Meteorological Organization says this El Nino will grow stronger and last at least until 2027; fires in Indonesia, a busy eastern Pacific hurricane season and a monsoon shortfall in India are already being felt.
EnvironmentFirst minister Rhun ap Iorwerth set out wildfire measures after a resilience summit, including a pan-Wales register for farmers to volunteer vehicles and local knowledge, and a review of land management's role in prevention.
EnvironmentFires fuelled by El Nino drought have burned about 2 million hectares in Indonesia; environmental group WALHI finds about half the hotspots inside company concessions, and Singapore has served 10 companies with fire-prevention notices.
EnvironmentFires linked to land clearing and an El Niño-driven drought have burned an estimated 1.9 million hectares, closed schools in Malaysia and put Singapore at the top of a world pollution ranking.
EnvironmentNusantara Atlas counted 1,061,746 wildfire hotspots in Indonesia by 14 October, above 2019's 885,037, with 895,657 ha burned by August. Smoke has reached Malaysia and Singapore.
OpinionIn a column for Beef Central, scientists Pablo Manzano, Enrike Maree and Peer Ederer of the Dublin Declaration argue that removing cattle and other grazers lets plant fuel pile up, and that managed grazing belongs among the tools against wildfire.
WorldThe IMF chief is 'deeply concerned' about food security, UNDP warns of a 'perfect storm' of debt, fuel prices and El Nino, and the WMO expects the event to keep strengthening until it peaks in December, raising drought and flood risk.
EnvironmentHaze from burning forests and peatland in Indonesia has blanketed South-East Asia for more than a month; on Friday schools closed in four Malaysian states and two federal territories, and Singapore's air was rated very unhealthy.
OpinionBlake Busse of The Pew Charitable Trusts argues that the USDA should drop its proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, because its own draft environmental impact statement finds little wildfire benefit and real harm to forests, water and communities.
EnvironmentFreedom of Information replies gathered by the CLA show over half of responding fire services in England and Wales have no wildfire protective clothing, a third have no drones, and on-call engines were unavailable 32% of the year.
EnvironmentThe EU's Copernicus atmosphere service found that 34 percent of the world's population, and 53 percent of Asia's, was exposed to extremely poor ozone levels in the first eight and a half months of 2026.
