A study reveals the direct impact of smoke resulting from fires in the Amazon Forest, the Pantanal and the burning of sugar cane on air quality in the city of São Paulo. The research found that on days with smoke, there was a 100% to 1.178% increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels compared to smoke-free days.
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Those people who live close to air polluters, mainly agricultural enterprises and forest fires, are at greater risk of developing dementia. This is what a study published last Monday (14) in the scientific journal Journal of the American Medical Association says.
President Lula wants to reward the mayors who work best to contain illegal deforestation and prevent fires in their municipalities. This Thursday (3), in an interview with radio stations in Amazonian states, Lula defended joint action between federal entities to prevent environmental crimes and said that there is no point in staying, from Brasília, “fighting against deforestation”.
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Fires devastated 775 thousand hectares of Brazilian territory in November, 89% more than in the same month last year, according to the report by a consortium of NGOs, released this Wednesday (14). About 81% of the burned land is in the Amazon, reported MapBiomas, which uses satellite images to track the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other regions of Brazil.
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The fires exploded uncontrollably in several states in the Amazon between the 1st and 10th of November, the period following the second round of elections, compared to the same period in the last 10 years. This is what a survey released this Friday (11) by WWF found based on data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe).
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Keeping an eye on the demands of the Global Methane Commitment, researchers mapped the main activities and processes responsible for methane emissions in Brazil and pointed out ways to reduce emissions in the long term. According to the report, 81% of gas emissions caused by forest fires are associated with deforestation. Because it concentrates a large part of carbon stocks and deforestation, the Amazon leads emissions caused by fires.
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See highlights from Curto Green this Thursday (01): the Curto Today begins a countdown until Amazon Day (5) and we are already starting with some not-so-good news: updated data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) indicate that the last month of August recorded the highest number of fires in the biome in 12 years; and an unprecedented mapping – carried out by the Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon) – showed that roads already cut through or approach 41% of the Amazon forest area in Brazil.
Amazon: new record for fires, roads cut 41% of its forest area and + Read more »
Black smoke covered the sky over the capital of Rondônia this Thursday (25). The phenomenon has already occurred in other capitals, pointed out by experts as an effect of the fires. The smoke appears in the week in which the Amazon has a record number of fires.
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