(Express) – Fires are burning through the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, and now one shock map shows the extent of the fires and the impact they could have on residents nearby. In Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, wildfires are burning at the highest rate since the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) began tracking them in 2013. The current fires causing concern have been ablaze for weeks and is emitting dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.
The Brazilian state of Amazonas declared a state of emergency on August 12 due to the extent of the fires. One map from NASA shows fires across Brazil are up 65 percent in 2019. This means Brazil’s wildfires are at the highest levels in seven years. Ricardo Mello, head of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Amazon Programme, said the fires were “a consequence of the increase in deforestation seen in recent figures”. Another map from Windy.com shows the extent of carbon monoxide spreading across the region. READ MORE