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5 wrz 2022 · Let’s start building our people power by getting familiar with the basics facts about the burning of the Amazon rainforest, the root causes, and the consequences for us all. Are fires in the Amazon naturally occurring?
29 sie 2019 · With so much attention on the fires in the Amazon rainforest, here are a few things to know about them & how we can prevent them from happening again.
23 wrz 2019 · The fires are destroying the homes of indigenous tribes, threatening millions of animals, and even darkening the skies over major cities. We spoke with some of our own researchers in the College of Natural Resources to learn more about the fires and what’s at stake. Here’s what we found out.
26 sie 2019 · RECORD 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.
23 sie 2019 · Contrary to many images circulated online depicting blazing canopies, wildfires in previously undisturbed tropical forests do not appear as ecosystem changing events. Flames advance just 200...
10 sie 2022 · Unlike wildfires in Europe or the United States, fires do not occur naturally in the humid, tropical Amazon rainforest. Instead, farmers cut down the forests and set trees on fire to clear...
29 sie 2019 · Thousands of fires are burning across a southern swath of the Amazon. They belch smoke and soot, blanketing those who live downwind with thick, dirty air, hurting wildlife in their path and...
