El Niño mostly to blame for Indonesian wildfires: Research
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
Wildfires that consumed vast swaths of Indonesia this year were driven largely by a strong El Niño, fueled by climate change and decades of natural landscape destruction, researchers said Friday.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Nov 12, 10:44 PM UTCFirst reportResearch: El Nino mostly to blame for Indonesian wildfiresnst.com.my ↗
- Nov 13, 10:16 AM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisEl Niño mostly to blame for Indonesian wildfires: Researchphys.org ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 10:16 AM UTC · +12 h
[Claude] Report 2 is the same wire story under a different headline, with the same claims about El Niño and the Indonesian wildfires.
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