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Fires in Amazon rainforests increased by 83% in 1 year: Brazil
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
Amazon rainforest fires have increased by 83% so far in 2019 over the same period of 2018, Brazil's space research unit INPE revealed. The surge is the highest since records began in 2013, it added. "There is nothing abnormal about the climate this year or rainfall in Amazon region, which is just a little below average," an INPE researcher said.
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