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12 wrz 2024 · The Amazon forest has historically acted as a carbon sink, storing potential emissions in its trees, soils and vegetation. But rampant destruction in recent years means that in some parts, the forest now releases more carbon than it absorbs.
- Deforestation Declines, but Fires Rage On in the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest, once constantly shrouded in mist, now...
- Deforestation Declines, but Fires Rage On in the Amazon
22 lut 2024 · Because of its intense humidity and tall trees, fire does not occur spontaneously in the Amazon; usually accidental, forest fires are caused by uncontrolled small fires coming from crop burning, livestock management or clear-cutting.
12 lip 2024 · Hundreds of fires are also engulfing parts of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change because it captures and stores huge amounts of heat-trapping gases.
9 mar 2024 · The fires have turned the end of the dry season in the northern part of the giant rainforest into a crisis. Firefighters have struggled to contain enormous blazes that have sent choking smoke...
5 wrz 2022 · Learn how the Amazon is being burned and deforested for profit by illegal land grabbers emboldened by Bolsonaro's government. Find out the facts, causes, and consequences of the fires for the forest, the climate, and the people.
22 lis 2022 · More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban. Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm. Fire and forest loss ignite concern for Brazilian ...
11 wrz 2024 · The Amazon rainforest, once constantly shrouded in mist, now faces increasingly prolonged droughts, along with ongoing deforestation. While we may seem to be slowing the rate of deforestation, the damage already done increases the forest’s flammability due to “fragmentation.”
