Monthly Archives: September 2020

Amazon repeats tragedy as Brazil’s rain billows

Jer Bolsonaro welcomes passengers to his “path of development” by smiling down from the promotional billboards at the entrance to the Amazon checkpoint. But 20 months into Bolsonaro’s presidency – and a year after the catastrophic outbreak of the Amazon fire – sparked global outrage – and the fire turned …

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From space and air, NASA tracked California wildfires

Earth-observation devices on satellites and aircraft are mapping current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that respond to emergencies. As California experiences one of the worst forest fires on record, NASA is leveraging its resources to help. Scientists supporting the agency’s Applied Sciences Disaster Program in the …

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