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Indonesia Turns to 1940s Dry-Ice Technology to Fight Haze
Original: Indonesia Adapts 1940s Dry-Ice Technology in Fight to Clear Haze
Indonesia is deploying cloud seeding using dry-ice technology, a method first developed in the 1940s, as part of efforts to clear hazardous haze from its skies. Bloomberg reports the Southeast Asian nation is adapting the decades-old technique as it battles recurring smoke pollution, typically linked to land and forest fires, that affects millions of people across the region.
Why now: Recurring haze from Indonesian forest fires is a persistent regional health and environmental crisis, and the revival of old technology offers a novel angle on the response.
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- Indonesia Adapts 1940s Dry-Ice Technology in Fight to Clear Haze · Bloomberg.com
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