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The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Image copyright Planet Labs Inc Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly badly affected. However, images purported to be of the fires – including some shared under the hashtag #PrayforAmazonas – …
Macron calls Amazon fires an ‘international crisis’ ahead of G7
“Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest – the lungs of our planet which produces 20% of our oxygen – is on fire. It is an international crisis,” Macron tweeted Thursday. “Members of the G7 Summit, let’s discuss this emergency first order in two days!” he said, adding the hashtag #ActForTheAmazon. Brazil’s far-right …
Live updates: Wildfires burn in the Amazon
EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images As images and news of the fire spread, many activists are demanding accountability from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Here’s why: When Bolsonaro was running for president, he made campaign promises to restore the economy by exploring the Amazon’s economic potential. Now, environmental organizations say he has encouraged ranchers, farmers and loggers to …
Amazon fires: How to help Amazon Rainforest fire as 10,000 fires break out this week alone | World | News
This year, nearly 73,000 fires have been recorded in the Brazilian rainforest. Satellite images spotted more than 9,500 new forest fires since Thursday alone, mostly in the Amazon basin, home to the world’s largest tropical forest and seen as vital to slowing the pace of global warming. This uptick in activity makes an 83 percent …
Amazon fires: Record number burning in Brazil rainforest – space agency
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOne campaigner called the forest fires a “vicious cycle” Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, new space agency data suggests. The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an 84% increase on the same period in 2018. …
Amazon Sets Our Spidey Sense Tingling With A Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game Of The Year Edition Listing
Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games’ excellent take on our favourite webcrawler, looks like it’ll be getting a Game of the Year edition. A barebones listing on Amazon (UPDATE: the page has been removed) points towards a new retail version of the game. The page doesn’t explicitly say it, but it’s likely that this release (if it …
Former Farc rebels become eco-warriors to stop deforestation in the Amazon
Former Farc rebels in Colombia, who spent decades fighting the government over land and power, have reinvented themselves as eco-warriors protecting the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging. According to the government, deforestation in the Colombian Amazon rose by 60% between 2015 and 2018. The rainforest had been a no-go area during the conflict, but illegal …
Amazon rainforest fire: Forests in Brazil, Greenland, and Siberia are burning
Major wildfires are burning all over the world right now. More than 21,000 square miles of forest have gone up in flames in Siberia this month, putting Russia on track for its worst year on record for wildfires. The smoke from these blazes shrouded large parts of the country, including major cities like Novosibirsk, and …
Amazon is selling gas for 30 cents to promote Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and police had to intervene
Amazon’s latest marketing campaign for the Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has not gone as planned, with the Santa Monica Police briefly shutting down a 30-cents-per-gallon promotion for gas due to traffic delays caused by eager customers, according to ABC 7 reporter John Gregory. The promotion has since resumed, with Amazon now working …
Amazon unveils first batch of casting for The Wheel of Time adaptation
Enlarge / Amazon is adapting the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling 14-book series of fantasy novels, The Wheel of Time. Amazon has announced its first round of casting for The Wheel of Time, the long-awaited TV adaptation of the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels. Within that genre, Jordan’s series is as popular …
