A third of Aussies fear losing their homes to climate change

2022-09-16T19:39+0200samacharcentral (en)

Six in 10 Australians (62%) expect climate change will have a severe effect in their area over the next 10 years and globally across 34 countries more than 71%, including a majority in every single country, expect the same, a new study conducted by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum finds.

A third of Aussies fear losing their homes to climate change

2022-09-16T19:20+0200vervetimes (en)

Six in 10 Australians (62%) expect climate change will have a severe effect in their area over the next 10 years and globally across 34 countries more than 71%, including a majority in every single country, expect the same, a new study conducted by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum finds.

Over 30,000! Brazil's Amazon rainforest hits 12-year record in August

2022-09-10T06:45+0200tellerreport (en)

According to Agence France-Presse, official data released by Brazil on the 1st showed that 33,116 forest fires occurred in the Amazon rainforest in August, the highest number for the same month since 2010. On August 16, 2020 local time, fires continued in the Amazon Rainforest Reserve south of Nuevo....

Organizing the Brazilian Aerial Firefighting Industry to Fly in the Right Direction

2022-09-09T17:37+0200aerialfiremag (en)

Unlike other countries, where aerial firefighting operates a little more autonomously in relation to agricultural aviation, Brazil ’s industry is driven by it. During the last year, the Brazilian National Association of Agricultural Aviation (SINDAG) has intensified its work to support this aerial firefighting.

Forest fires threaten Bolivia's nature reserves

2022-09-08T06:09+0200wn (en)

More than a dozen forest fires have broken out in the lowlands of Bolivia, threatening at least four nature reserves, authorities said on Wednesday. Loading comments... 1m19s Bolsonaro appears for Brazil 's Independence Day parade Reuters 20m41s The failure of....

IBAMA introduces the Sling Dragon into Aerial Firefighting Strategy

2022-09-07T01:17+0200aerialfiremag (en)

Delta, BC, Canada – September 06, 2022 – IBAMA ( Brazil ian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) conducts a large and comprehensive annual Forest Firefighting Training program held in Brazil’s capital city of Brasilia at the National Park and includes both theory and practical elements.

Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August

2022-09-02T16:57+0200timesdaily (en)

FILE - Smoke rises from forest fires in the region of Novo Progresso, in Pará, Brazil , on Aug. 21, 2022. More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation.

L'Amazzonia brucia come non mai

2022-09-02T16:14+0200oggitreviso (it)

BRASILE - Gli incendi nella foresta amazzonica brasiliana hanno registrato un'impennata nel mese di agosto, raggiungendo il valore più alto dal 2010, come hanno mostrato i dati governativi brasiliani, superando il numero di incendi dell'agosto 2019 che avevano attirato l'attenzione mondiale subito dopo l'insediamento del presidente Jair Bolsonaro.

In Brazil, the worst month of August in 12 years for the fires in the Amazon

2022-09-02T10:47+0200tellerreport (en)

Last month, satellites from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) detected 33,116 fires in the Brazil ian Amazon. Against 28,060 in August 2021. An increase closely linked to that of deforestation 33,116 fires for the month of August alone. The Brazilian Amazon experienced its worst....

Brasile. Il numero di incendi in Amazzonia ha raggiunto il massimo degli ultimi cinque anni

2022-09-02T04:53+0200agenpress (it)

AgenPress – Si sono verificati più incendi sono bruciati nella foresta pluviale amazzonica brasiliana nel mese di agosto che in qualsiasi altro mese in quasi cinque anni, causata da un’ondata di deforestazione illegale. I sensori satellitari hanno rilevato 33.116 incendi secondo l’istituto spaziale nazionale brasiliano.

Brasile. Il numero di incendi in Amazzonia ha raggiunto il massimo degli ultimi cinque anni

2022-09-02T02:42+0200aplazio (it)

AgenPress – Si sono verificati più incendi sono bruciati nella foresta pluviale amazzonica brasiliana nel mese di agosto che in qualsiasi altro mese in quasi cinque anni, causata da un’ondata di deforestazione illegale. I sensori satellitari hanno rilevato 33.116 incendi secondo l’istituto spaziale nazionale brasiliano.

Blazing start to Amazon’s ‘fire season’ as burning hits August record

2022-09-01T23:05+0200mongabay (en)

Towns in the Brazil ian states of Amazonas and Pará have experienced a recent bout of skies overcast with thick clouds of smoke, the result of fires raging in the Amazon Rainforest. The forest fires peaked in the last few weeks after hitting a new historical record.

Brazilian Amazon records worst August for fires in 12 years

2022-09-01T22:43+0200english-alaraby (en)

The Brazil ian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an 18 per cent rise from a year ago, according to official data released Thursday. The Brazilian INPE space agency said its satellites had recorded 33,116 fires in the rainforest, a key buffer against global....

BRASILE 44 sec Brucia l'Amazzonia, mese d’agosto da record L’ondata di caldo e la deforestazione hanno contribuito all’aumento degli incendi nella foresta brasiliana.

2022-09-01T21:52+0200tio (it)

BRASILIA - Durante il mese di agosto 2022, la foresta amazzonica brasiliana ha subito più incendi rispetto a qualsiasi mese negli ultimi cinque anni. Oltre alle ondate di caldo, le deforestazioni illegali hanno contribuito alla propagazione del fuoco. Incendi da record - I sensori satellitari,....

Indepedent watchdog confirms rampant deforestation in the Amazon

2022-08-31T10:38+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Data from independent forest monitoring group Imazon has confirmed that deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest is on track to approach the highest level in 15 years. Imazon’s monthly deforestation alert system detected 10,781 square kilometers of forest clearing in the Brazil ian Amazon betwen....

Indepedent watchdog confirms rampant deforestation in the Amazon

2022-08-31T03:45+0200mongabay (en)

Data from independent forest monitoring group Imazon has confirmed that deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest is on track to approach the highest level in 15 years. Imazon’s monthly deforestation alert system detected 10,781 square kilometers of forest clearing in the Brazil ian Amazon betwen....

Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years

2022-08-26T18:52+0200newagebd (en)

A firefighter helicopter drops water to put out a wildfire in the Baixa Limia — Serra do Xures Natural Park near the village of Lobeira, Ourense province, northwestern Spain, on Thursday. — AFP photo. The number of forest fires in the Brazil ian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according....

Left 25% Center 50% Right 25% Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 yearsNumber of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week. Satellite monitoring detected 3,358 fires on Monday, Aug 22, the highest number for any 24-hour period since September 2007.

2022-08-26T14:34+0200ground-news (en)

Satellite monitoring detected 3,358 fires on Monday, August 22, the highest number for any 24-hour period since September 2007. The number was nearly triple that recorded on the so-called "Day of Fire" -- August 10, 2019. Experts say Amazon fires are caused mainly by illegal farmers, ranchers and speculators clearing land and torching trees.

Wildfires in Brazil's Amazon hit nearly 15-year high

2022-08-26T03:57+0200trtworld (en)

August is typically when fire season starts in earnest in the Amazon, with the arrival of drier weather. (AP Archive) The number of forest fires in the Brazil ian Amazon has hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.

Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years

2022-08-26T02:22+0200mb-com-ph (en)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest. This file photo taken on October 01, 2019 shows a fire from....

Brazil Records Worst Day For Amazon Fires In 15 Years

2022-08-25T23:40+0200barrons (en)

This photo taken on October 01, 2019 shows a fire near Itaituba, Para state, Brazil , in the Amazon rainforest NELSON ALMEIDA. The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest.

Forest fires burn twice as many trees as two decades ago, report finds

2022-08-24T22:50+0200spokesman (en)

Forest fires today are burning nearly twice as many trees as they did just two decades ago, according to a study from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory. The researchers found a typical forest fire season burns 7.4 million acres than in 2001.

Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm

2022-08-17T23:56+0200mongabay (en)

Fires are now causing 3 million more hectares (741,3160 acres) of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001, according to a newly released Global Forest Watch analysis which examined fires that burn all or most of a forest’s living overstory trees.

Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it's expected to get worse, experts say

2022-08-17T19:43+0200mycentraloregon (en)

Lucas Ninno/Getty Images. (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest fires are getting worse worldwide, according to a new report released Wednesday by....

Desert Regions May Be Best Predictors of Climate Change in Wetter Areas, Hebrew University Study Reveals

2022-08-16T15:03+0200alphagalileo (en)

When it comes to the world’s climate, in the past decade, planet Earth keeps sending us its summer siren’s call. According to NASA, nineteen of the hottest years have occurred since 2000, with 2016 and 2020 tied for the hottest on record. This summer is already making worldwide headlines, with England scorching beyond 40 degrees Celsius.