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Indonesia’s wildfire emissions surge to world’s highest, data shows

Indonesia is facing ⁠a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide readings currently the highest in the world, data has shown. Fire emissions from Indonesia from September 1 to September 7 reached 19.7 million metric tons, overtaking Russia this week and making up more than a third of the global total, according to Fire Emissions Watch, a portal developed by the European Union’s…

Where: Indonesia, Russia

Exact coordinates

indonesia: -0.790, 113.920
russia: 61.520, 105.320

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