Amazon’s 2019 Burned Area Trends Parallel Past 18 Years
Published by the Environmental News Service
ALCALA de HENARES, Spain, March 6, 2020 (ENS) – Thousands of fires broke out in the Amazon last year, sparking international media alarm. But a new detailed analysis, using data from the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative, shows a small increase of fires in 2019 compared to 2018, but the number of fires in Brazil was similar to the average annual number of fires detected over the past 18 years.
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