July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth
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But deforestation continues to hit the region hard. An article in National Geographic last year said, “Between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 502,000 square miles (1.3 million square kilometers) of forest, according to the World Bank—an area larger than South Africa.”
July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth
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July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth
This year, the rainforest has experienced exponentially more wildfires than usual—about 74,155 and counting in Brazil alone, according to the country’s National Institute for Space Research. That’s an 83 percent increase from this same time last year. At this rate, 2019 will see twice as many fires as 2018. You can see the apocalyptic images from São Paulo here:
— Rafael Goldzweig (@schmuziger) August 20, 2019
His mission as president has been to reinvigorate Brazil’s economy by any means necessary, including encouraging logging and mining in the rainforests that the rest of the world depends on. Bolsonaro has been called “Captain Chainsaw” in the past, which should give you an idea of his environmental policies. He also fired the director of the National Institute for Space Research, Ricardo Galvão, last week after Galvão defended his wildfire data. Some sources say Bolsonaro is seeking a private company to take over deforestation monitoring.
Is Reforestation the Best Way to Fight Climate Change? This Study Says Yes
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But the agency has stuck to its guns, saying its data is accurate—that the wildfires this year are worse than any year on record since 2010. And that certainly seems to be the case: European satellite imaging shows a line of smoke from the fires extending over half of Brazil, reaching toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Is Reforestation the Best Way to Fight Climate Change? This Study Says Yes
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Is Reforestation the Best Way to Fight Climate Change? This Study Says Yes
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