El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. It affects weather patterns globally, often causing drought conditions in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. The resulting dry conditions make forests, especially peat forests, highly susceptible to fires, many of which are started intentionally for land clearing but get out of control.
Indonesian forest fire in 1997 was caused by
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1998 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Extreme Weather Events and Climate Variability)
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