A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris ...
Now, fire may pose the biggest threat to the survival of the Amazon ecosystem. Slash-and-burn agriculture converts forest to farm land, but that obvious destruction is only the beginning. Intentional ...
The catastrophic situation in the Amazon has turned what was once considered the ... need to change to prioritise sustainable use and management, eliminate slash-and-burn agriculture, halt ...
But many of the fires burning through the Amazon are believed to have been started deliberately. President Bolsonaro has not condemned deforestation and supports clearing the Amazon for ...
But some meteorologists say the smoke came from major fires burning in Paraguay, which is much closer to the city and not in the Amazon region. Wildfires often occur in the dry season in Brazil ...
The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is burning for weeks, and smoke from these fires are spreading thousands of miles away. On August 19, it blotted out the sun over Sao Paulo, the nation’s largest city.