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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?
1. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres, it’s so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 times! 2. The Amazon is found in South America, spanning across Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. 3.
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.
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...
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. People are standing up for their planet’s iconic rainforest.
23 sie 2019 · Flames advance just 200 to 300 metres a day and rarely exceed 30cm in height, burning only leaf litter and fallen wood. A fire in undisturbed rainforest burns slowly through the rainforest in...
28 sie 2019 · Harvard biologist and longtime Amazon rainforest researcher Brian Farrell discusses how the forest fires raging in Brazil are threatening the planet’s climate, and how to stop them.
