Content overview: “Indonesia Fights Toxic Haze with Dry Ice Cloud Seeding in South Sumatra”. Indonesia is turning to an unconventional method to combat the toxic haze from widespread fires: dropping dry ice from planes over South Sumatra. The pilot project, announced by coordinating security minister Luhut Pandjaitan, aims to induce rainfall by seeding clouds with dry ice, a technique previously used in other regions but new to Indonesia’s firefighting arsenal. The country has already deployed cloud seeding with salt, water bombing, and thousands of military personnel, yet fires continue to rage across Sumatra and Kalimantan, sending hazardous smoke across Southeast Asia.
Neighboring Malaysia and Singapore have expressed frustration, with schools closing and air quality reaching hazardous levels. The dry ice approach, if successful, could offer a more effective way to generate heavy rain over burning peatlands, which are notoriously difficult to extinguish. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.