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Brazil Records 62% Rise In Forest Fires, Amazon Hit The Hardest
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last four decades
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Brazil, Elon Musk Discuss Using SpaceX Satellites to Monitor Amazon Rainforest, Connectivity Projects
Brazil has initiated discussions with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to have SpaceX satellites monitor wildfires and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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H&M Halts Leather Purchases From Brazil After Amazon Wildfires
H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Thursday it had stopped purchasing leather from Brazil for the time being due to environmental concerns highlighted by Amazon wildfires.
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Amazon's "Tallest Tree" Safe From Fires, Say Scientists
Intrepid Brazilian and British scientists say they have located the Amazon's tallest tree in northern Brazil, untouched by a spate of wildfires that have raged in the rainforest for weeks.
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Nearing Tipping Point: What You Need To Know About Amazon Forest Fires
As Brazil and the world mobilize soldiers and finances in response to a wave of wildfires in the Amazon, far more is at stake than Brazil's international reputation.
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"Respond To Call Of Forest": G7 To Give $20 Million To Fight Amazon Fires
The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
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"Reforest Europe," Says Brazil As It Rejects G7 Aid To Fight Amazon Fires
Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies."
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The Amazon Is In Flames. But Brazil's Past Can Show The Path Forward.
Just over 16 years ago, on a sweltering day along the southeastern fringe of the Amazon forest, we sat down to catch our breath on a half-burnt log. Plumes of smoke on the horizon wafted to the sky, and the sound of chainsaws whirred in the distance. We couldn't have known that we were sitting in a time and place that was rapidly approaching peak d...
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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Rare fire tornado sparked by Brazil brush fires
Brush fires and strong dry winds caused a fire tornado in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba on Tuesday.A whirlwind of flame, spiralling several metres high, danced across burning fields, bringing traffic to a halt on a nearby highway, before it dissolved, as rapidly as it appeared.The mini-firestorm followed weeks of drought which led to brus...
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Brazil Records 62% Rise In Forest Fires, Amazon Hit The Hardest
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last four decades
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Brazil, Elon Musk Discuss Using SpaceX Satellites to Monitor Amazon Rainforest, Connectivity Projects
Brazil has initiated discussions with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to have SpaceX satellites monitor wildfires and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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H&M Halts Leather Purchases From Brazil After Amazon Wildfires
H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Thursday it had stopped purchasing leather from Brazil for the time being due to environmental concerns highlighted by Amazon wildfires.
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Amazon's "Tallest Tree" Safe From Fires, Say Scientists
Intrepid Brazilian and British scientists say they have located the Amazon's tallest tree in northern Brazil, untouched by a spate of wildfires that have raged in the rainforest for weeks.
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Nearing Tipping Point: What You Need To Know About Amazon Forest Fires
As Brazil and the world mobilize soldiers and finances in response to a wave of wildfires in the Amazon, far more is at stake than Brazil's international reputation.
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"Respond To Call Of Forest": G7 To Give $20 Million To Fight Amazon Fires
The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
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"Reforest Europe," Says Brazil As It Rejects G7 Aid To Fight Amazon Fires
Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies."
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The Amazon Is In Flames. But Brazil's Past Can Show The Path Forward.
Just over 16 years ago, on a sweltering day along the southeastern fringe of the Amazon forest, we sat down to catch our breath on a half-burnt log. Plumes of smoke on the horizon wafted to the sky, and the sound of chainsaws whirred in the distance. We couldn't have known that we were sitting in a time and place that was rapidly approaching peak d...
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Amazon Rainforest Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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Rare fire tornado sparked by Brazil brush fires
Brush fires and strong dry winds caused a fire tornado in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba on Tuesday.A whirlwind of flame, spiralling several metres high, danced across burning fields, bringing traffic to a halt on a nearby highway, before it dissolved, as rapidly as it appeared.The mini-firestorm followed weeks of drought which led to brus...
