WorldBBCDesperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia to douse its skies with dry ice
Indonesia is trialling dry ice dropped from aircraft to break up toxic wildfire smog, as the country battles its worst fire season in a decade.
Authorities in South East Asia have turned to weather modification as fires blanket the region in smog.
Indonesian authorities launched a trial scattering 1.5 tonnes of dry ice from aircraft over South Sumatra to disperse toxic wildfire haze.
An unusually strong El Nino has worsened drought conditions, and the smog has drifted into Singapore and Malaysia, pushing air quality to unhealthy levels.
If the dry ice trial succeeds, authorities plan to expand the method to Central Kalimantan, one of the worst-affected regions.
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