Canada’s 2023 wildfires emit more carbon than Russia and Japan combined: Nasa

Canada’s 2023 wildfires emit more carbon than Russia and Japan combined: Nasa

Intense wildfires in Canada during 2023 emitted approximately 640 million metric tons of carbon from May to September, according to a study led by Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and published in the journal Nature on August 28. The research, funded by Nasa as part of its mission to understand our changing planet, analyzed the … Read more

‘We are losing the Amazon rainforest’: Record number of wildfires in parts of Brazil

‘We are losing the Amazon rainforest’: Record number of wildfires in parts of Brazil

Fire is sucking the life out of parts of the Amazon rainforest. In Roraima State, in northern Brazil, the number of fires in February were more than five times the average, according to data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, and blazes continued to burn through March. “We are losing the Amazon rainforest. These … Read more