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Fires Rise in the Amazon
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Fires Rise in the Amazon

For many atmospheric scientists, the Amazon Rainforest is a natural cloud laboratory. The vegetation exhales tremendous amounts of water vapor that drapes over the forest as a thick mist. The mist blends with layers of clouds that can reach from the treetops to altitudes of 10 kilometers. When the air over the Amazon is clear, the clouds that form over the forest are so like maritime clouds that scientists have referred to the Amazon as “the Green Ocean.” But increasingly, the air over the Amazon is not clear, at least not during the annual dry season.

Published Mar 11, 2008

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Smoke Over the Amazon in 2005 and 2006
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Smoke Over the Amazon in 2005 and 2006

In 2005, at the tail end of a multi-year dry spell, the annual dry season in the Amazon south of the equator ballooned into an unrelenting drought. Agricultural fires, now a fixture on the Amazon frontier from August through mid-October, invaded adjacent forests on a large scale. Thick smoke hung over the forest off and on for months.

Published Mar 12, 2008

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Fires in Brazil and Bolivia
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Fires in Brazil and Bolivia

Published Sep 16, 2004

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Fires in Central South America
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Fires in Central South America

Published Sep 14, 2004

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A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires
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A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires

Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.

Published Aug 19, 2020

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Fires in Eastern Brazil
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Fires in Eastern Brazil

Published Nov 24, 2004

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Fires Near Xingu River
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Fires Near Xingu River

Published Sep 8, 2004

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Fires and Thick Smoke over South America
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Fires and Thick Smoke over South America

Published Sep 24, 2007

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Fires in Acre, Brazil
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Fires in Acre, Brazil

Published Aug 18, 2005

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