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Amazon Fire Could Have Catastrophic Consequences Around The Globe

by alain.quevillon on August 23, 2019, 08:08am. EDT

n this Aug 15, 2019 satellite image provided by Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies, shows fires burning in the State of Rondonia, Brazil, in the upper Amazon River basin. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year, an 84 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The states that have been most affected by fires this year are Mato Grosso, Para and Amazonas, all in the Amazon region. (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies via AP)
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City News reports on the fire in the Amazon Forest that could impact global temperatures and more.

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