‘Brazil is on fire’ as the Amazon burns at an increasing rate
The entire Amazon, which spans nine countries, has 28,892 active fires, according to a fire-monitoring tool funded in part by Nasa
01 October 2020 - 17:02
Brasília — Fires in Brazil’s Amazon increased 13% in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago, as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade, data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday.
In September, satellites recorded 32,017 hot-spots in the world’s largest rainforest, a 61% rise from the same month in 2019...
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