The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know
- Written by Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
Huge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. Guaira Maia/ISARecord fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500 fires currently burning. They are collectively emitting huge amounts of carbon, with smoke plumes visible thousands of kilometres away.
Fires in Brazil increased by 85% in 2019, with...
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