Satellite imagery shows extent of devastating fires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, which are up 84% from the same time period last year. Experts call this year's expansive fire outbreaks 'truly heart-wrenching.'
Professionals who have spent years working and studying in the Amazon rainforest called this year's expansive fire outbreaks"truly heart-wrenching."
Geothermal scientist, NatGeo explorer and conservationist Andres Ruzo, who has worked in the Central Peruvian Amazon at the Boiling River for the last 10 years, detailed the current conditions. Following his return from leading a 41-person research team into the jungle, Ruzo said the Amazon could lose the size of up to"30 soccer fields every single minute of rainforest being destroyed."
"The smoke is so bad that it even caused a daytime blackout some 1,700 miles away in Sao Paulo, which is Brazil's biggest city," she said."What's different this time is that new government satellite data shows a massive unprecedented increase in the number of fires this year since January," Bower said."We're talking about more than 72,000 fire outbreaks. But most shockingly, more than 9,500 fires just since last Thursday.
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