Number of fires in Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was highest since 2010 (IMAGE)

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Number of fires in Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was highest since 2010

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Half of the Amazon is typically vulnerable to fire in the two-month period analyzed. Human action was the main cause of the recent destruction

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Gabriel de Oliveira/University of South Alabama

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