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Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe

Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
Posted at Jul 17 11:17 PM

Firefighters struggled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating. Read more »

Spain sounds high alert for scorching heat wave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 04:05 AM

France and Portugal have also seen scorching temperatures this week, and forest fires have broken out in all three countries. Read more »

Deforestation wiped out 8% of Amazon in 18 years: study

Paula Ramon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 05:28 AM

SAO PAULO - Deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Spain from 2000 to 2018, wiping out eight percent of the world's largest rainforest, according to a study released Tuesday. Read more »

Record fires ravage Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal regions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 03:11 PM

A record high number of fires scorched Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal wetlands last month, official data showed on Sunday, as deforestation and climate change wreaked havoc on some of the planet's most valuable ecosystems.   Read more »

Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation could spark new diseases

Fabio Zuker, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 16 02:56 AM

As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases. Read more »

Fires in Brazil's Amazon the worst in a decade, data shows

Jake Spring, Reuters
Posted at Oct 02 02:27 AM

BRASILIA - Fires in Brazil's Amazon increased 13 percent in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago, as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade, data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday. Read more »

Fires 'poisoning air' in Amazon: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:27 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in respiratory emergencies in a region already hit hard by Covid-19, said a study published Wednesday. Read more »

Thousands rescued from destructive forest fires in southern France

Clemence Fournival and Clara Lalanne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 06:08 AM

Almost 3,000 people were evacuated Tuesday night, some by boat, from homes and camping sites near Marseille in southern France as forest fires tore through 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of vegetation. Read more »

Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 07:59 AM

Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the same month last year, making it the worst June in 13 years, authorities revealed on Wednesday.   Read more »

Brazil's president accuses Leonardo DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires

Marcelo Teixeira and Eduardo Simões, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 11:49 AM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. Read more »