Flash flooding from heavy rain in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia inundated a nickel mining site on March 16. Contaminants at the site from the mining process turned the floodwaters blood red.

Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation from exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million acres) — twice the size of Belgium — highly at risk.

Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation caused by unchecked exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million acres) — an area twice the size of Belgium — ...