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Fires in the Amazon
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Fires in the Amazon

Published Oct 1, 2007

Fires

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 Myanmar
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Fires in Myanmar

Published Mar 28, 2007

Fires

Fires in Southern Russia
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Fires in Southern Russia

Published Apr 8, 2008

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Fires in Para, Brazil
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Fires in Para, Brazil

Published Dec 8, 2004

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Fires in South America
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Fires in South America

Published Aug 22, 2006

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Fires in the Southern U.S.
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Fires in the Southern U.S.

Published Mar 26, 2003

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Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon
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Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon

The Amazon Rainforest of South America is rapidly falling as people colonize and develop a new frontier. Where there was once no such thing as an “Amazon fire season,” fires are now widespread in the dry season as people clear forest or manage already cleared plots of crop or grazing land.

Published Aug 16, 2007

Land Fires

Fire in the Xingu River Basin
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Fire in the Xingu River Basin

New maps of understory forest fires in the southern Amazon suggest there’s little connection between deforestation and understory fires. Some indigenous reserves where deforestation is minimal still have frequent understory fires.

Published Jun 8, 2013

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Fires in Cambodia
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Fires in Cambodia

Dozens of fires burn in farmland around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap in this photo-like image taken on January 21, 2011.

Published Jan 24, 2011

Land Fires

Fires in Cambodia
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Fires in Cambodia

An arc of hundreds of individual fires wraps around the northern part of Cambodia, north of the Tônlé Sab lake, on February 9, 2009.

Published Feb 11, 2009

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