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What’s your source on it being the same as last year and the year before? From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49433767 https://www.bbc.co.uk/new
by mcintyre1994 7y ago
What’s your source on it being the same as last year and the year before? From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49433767 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49433767:
> The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) says its satellite data shows an 85% increase on the same period in 2018.
> The official figures show more than 75,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year - the highest number since 2013. That compares with 40,000 in the same period in 2018.
> Roraima saw a 141% increase, Acre 138%, Rondônia 115% and Amazonas 81%. Mato Grosso do Sul, further south, saw a 114% increase.
- mikedilger 7y agoperhaps https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/24/world/americas/amazon-rain-forest-fire-maps.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/24/world/america...
- TeMPOraL 7y agoFrom https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49415973 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49415973: > Meanwhile, US space agency Nasa said that overall fire activity in the Amazon basin was slightly below average this year. > The agency said that while activity had increased in Amazonas and Rondonia, it had decreased in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Also this chart: https://twitter.com/valmasdel/status/1165295012709634048 https://twitter.com/valmasdel/status/1165295012709634048 EDIT: The link from 'mikedilger in a parallel reply is even better. It seems that if you include data from previous decade, and not just since 2012, then current fires are nothing special.