Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded an increase of 2.4 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO₂) to a total of 471.1 ppm in May 2020.
[...] In 2015, fires ravaged 2.6 million hectares due to slash-and-burn methods to clear areas that were dominated by peatlands. A dry season influenced by El Nino climate variability also contributed to the increasing spread of hotspots.
That year, NASA satellites detected more than 130,000 hotspots.
These fires in peat area released 802 million tons (Mt) of CO₂e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 2015, making it one of the worst emission events in the country.
[...] The average annual emission from peat fires from 2000 to 2016 was 248Mt of CO₂e.
Approaching peak dry season in August, peatland will still be vulnerable to fires.
[...] The country has been struggling to control these fires, which are becoming an annual event.
[...] However, the coronavirus pandemic is challenging climate change commitments. Nations will be focusing on bouncing back economically.
With predicted cuts to economic growth resulting from this virus, concerns are growing that Indonesia will clear more forests and depend on cheap fossil fuel to buffer the financial impacts.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by deimtee on Sunday June 21 2020, @05:36AM (2 children)
Increase or decrease in average temperatures would be hard to predict, but I would expect greater daily swings. If you go camping you soon learn that clean clear skies mean cold nights, regardless of how hot the days are.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by drussell on Sunday June 21 2020, @11:19AM (1 child)
It is the cloud cover that acts as the insulating layer.
I don't believe that particulate matter in the air has nearly as significant of an effect on nighttime heat dissipation.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday June 21 2020, @03:27PM
Lower levels of dust and pollution are known to reduce cloud cover. It is one of the major reasons given for why the climate hasn't warmed as much as the climate models predict. Pollution causes clouds which hides the warming trend.
Technically, cloud cover is particulates, they are just water particles. :)
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.