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Amazon Fires: 4 Reasons | | | |
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 | | | Locations of fires, marked in orange, detected by NASA’s MODIS satellite from August 15 to August 22, 2019. | | |
| | Why the Amazon is burning: 4 reasons | | | Nearly 40,000 fires are burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire season. Don’t blame dry weather, say environmentalists. The wildfires in Brazil and surrounding countries are a human-made disaster, set by loggers and cattle ranchers who use a “slash and burn” method to clear land. Read more. | | | What we're reading
From the Washington Post … Politicians quarrel as rainforest burns | | | On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil said he might revisit his country’s rejection of a $22.2 million package from the Group of Seven nations to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. His decision remains tied to his dispute with French President Emmanuel Macron. This story is still being updated. | | | | | | | |
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|  | | | Before dawn ... Orion the Hunter | | By late August and early September, Orion - a favorite constellation of many - is rising in the hours after midnight and is well up by dawn. It's easy to spot! Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | | Amazon fires viewed from ISS | | This August 24 image from the International Space Station shows numerous fires still burning in the Amazon rainforest. Astronaut Luca Parmitano acquired multiple images from orbit 250 miles (400 km) above Earth (see them here), and he tweeted: #noplanetB. | | |
