JAKARTA: Indonesia is repurposing a weather-modification technique pioneered in the 1940s in its latest attempt to combat thick haze from forest fires that’s disrupted flights and forced schools to close across parts of South-East Asia.
Aircraft will disperse pellets of dry ice above South Sumatra province in an experimental approach that authorities hope will reduce the hazardous smoke that’s blanketed the region for weeks, disrupting economic activity and damaging public health.
