Lit by farmers, the fires raged through villages, destroyed ecosystems and pumped climate-warming pollution into the atmosphere. Amazon Rainforest fire: Amazon rainforest, the world's largest rain forest is at the risk of getting burned out completely. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday accused non government organisations of burning down the Amazon to hurt his government, as an internationally viral campaign launched across the social media.

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Bolivia orders world's largest air tanker to put out the Amazon rainforest fire, Bolivia has contracted its Boeing 747 ‘Supertanker’  to help put out the Amazon rainforest fire. Download Current Affairs and GK app, एग्जाम की तैयारी के लिए ऐप पर वीकली टेस्ट लें और दूसरों के साथ प्रतिस्पर्धा करें। डाउनलोड करें करेंट अफेयर्स ऐप, This website uses cookie or similar technologies, to enhance your browsing experience and provide personalised recommendations. The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo was plunged into darkness when it experienced a dramatic daytime blackout caused by smoke from the unruly fires in the Amazon rainforest. The rainforest creates 20 percent of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. However, the exact figure is unknown - and likely never fully comprehended, given the sheer size and scale of the devastation.

He's cut funding to Brazil's national environmental agency, issued fewer penalties for illegal deforestation and his government sacked the head of Brazil's space agency after it reported a sharp rise in deforestation rates. By North America correspondent Kathryn Diss and Niall Lenihan in Texas. SSC CHSL 2020 Exam LIVE Updates (14th/13th/12th October): Check SSC CHSL Tier-1 2019-20 Exam Analysis (Difficulty Level & Good Attempts), Memory Based Questions, Expected Cutoff Marks, TMC भर्ती 2020: काउंसलर और अटेंडेंट पदों की वेकेंसी के लिए करें आवेदन, NCERT Books for Class 12: All Subjects - Subject-wise & Chapter-wise PDF. Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have shocked the world as more than 9,500 fires erupted in Brazil in less than a week. This is a very serious and destructive problem but global attention is only present when the smoke impacts major cities," he said.

"In developing countries fires are lit due to economic necessity," he said.

Unusual weather systems carried that smoke thousands of kilometres to the south and west towards Brazil's Atlantic coastline. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also expressed deep concern over the blazing fire in the Amazon rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. That's the case most years, since fires are lit by farmers and usually can only spread through disturbed forest. Based on Google’s alert system, the area surrounded by the fire covers more than half of Brazil.

You can see how many of the fires appear to be on the edge of the forest. Also, get complete details. It lines up almost perfectly with the locations of this year's fires. Follow our live blog for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, 'I stuffed up': NSW Premier refuses to resign over relationship with disgraced ex-MP, Gladys Berejiklian could be undone by the bombshell no-one saw coming, Who is Daryl Maguire? Just one month later, that figure had almost tripled to more than 46,000 fires. But there doesn't seem to have been much impact on the rising fire counts recorded by INPE.

The daytime blackout, which lasted around one hour, was believed to have come about after strong winds carried the intense forest fire smoke from the burning states of Amazonas and Rondonia, more than 1,700 miles (2,700km) to São Paulo, plunged half of the country into darkness.

But from this far up, you can start to get a better sense of the scale. Nobody knew Karen's new kidney was carrying a rare virus. Amazon fires map: How much of the Amazon Rainforest has been LOST?

The Amazon, the world's most biodiverse rainforest, was burning at a rate not seen in almost a decade. Paul Read is an expert in arson and bushfires at Monash University. But since Jair Bolsonaro became president of Brazil this year, protections of the Amazon have been rolled back.

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