This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research announced that 2,940 fires had burned in the Brazilian Amazon over the course of that month—a record-breaking number for a February.
Fires Imperil The Future Of The Amazon Rainforest
Quentin Septer, Mother Jones
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 3:00am
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