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Amazon rainforest fires: The truth behind the 'record-breaking' headlines
- billylo 7y agoShould I trust NASA or Snopes? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-brazil https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-bra...
- gus_massa 7y agoDo they disagree? From the NASA article you linked: > As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years.
- space_ghost 7y agoFrom that linked post: "As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years."
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoNASA, Snopes is a highly political organization where the founder embezzled money from the company in order to pay a prostitute whom he later divorced his wife to marry.
- _bxg1 7y agoSo a viral tweet with false information got a response from the president of Brazil. Crazy.