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NASA's aqua satellite captured images of burning fire in the Amazon rainforest on August 13.
NASA's aqua satellite captured images of burning fire in the Amazon rainforest on August 13.
Photo: NASA Earth Observatory Images Lauren Dauphin, NASA EOSDIS / LANCE and GIBS / Worldview and Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership using NASA EOSDIS / LANCE and GIBS / Worldview and VIIRS data
NASA's aqua satellite captured images of burning fire in the Amazon rainforest on August 13.
NASA's aqua satellite captured images of burning fire in the Amazon rainforest on August 13.
Photo: NASA Earth Observatory Images Lauren Dauphin, NASA EOSDIS / LANCE and GIBS / Worldview and Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership using NASA EOSDIS / LANCE and GIBS / Worldview and VIIRS data
- Brazilian satellite data show that in the last few weeks, wildfires have broken through the Amazon, causing losses equal to three football fields per minute.
- The Brazilian National Space Institute (INPE) reports that forest fires have increased by 80{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} and a total of 72,843 accidents have occurred this year.
- Losing so much surface area in the Amazon can make the impact of climate change "irreversible".
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Amazon has been devastated by artificial forest fires over the past few weeks and has lost three football fields per minute, according to Brazilian satellite data.
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In July, the world's largest rainforest lost 519 square miles (1,345 square kilometers) of trees, setting new records for the most deforestation that Amazon experienced in a month. According to National Geographic, the Brazilian National Space Institute (INPE) said forest fires increased 80 percent and a total of 72,843 accidents occurred this year.See the rest of the story in the Business Insider.
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