Indonesia's 'Apex Predator' Fires: A Climate Emergency Choking Southeast Asia
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Indonesia is facing a climate emergency. The country is battling what NASA calls the "apex predator" of wildfires—the most destructive class of fire.
The fires have already burned an area three times the size of Singapore. Toxic haze from the blazes is choking millions of people across Southeast Asia.
Yet this disaster has received far less attention than Europe's recent catastrophic summer. For Australia, the crisis is happening right next door.
Journalist Kate Lamb joins Matilda Boseley to discuss how serious these fires could become.