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On August 22, 2004, clouds and smoke swirled over the islands that sit between Australia and Asia, at the crossroads of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Large islands pictured here are Borneo (right), Java (bottom), and Sumatra (left) At top left is the southern tip of

How Sarawak measures haze, and what an API reading actually means

The index everyone quotes during haze season is the highest of five pollutant sub-indices — not an average, and not a measure of how thick the smoke looks.

Muhammad Kashif3 min read

Satellite view of Borneo almost entirely obscured by grey smoke, with fire hotspots burning across Kalimantan

Events

The Haze Over Sarawak: What Is Burning, and Why It Reached Us

Muhammad Kashif21 Aug

Dense smoke pouring off peat fires across Borneo, seen from orbit

Travel

Haze in Sarawak: A Practical Guide to Getting Through It

Muhammad Kashif21 Aug