Facts on the fire According to Brazil's space research centre, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, more Amazon rainforest fires are burning right now than ever recorded before The INPE The space agency reports its satellite data has detected more than 72,000 fires since January 19 The fires are caused in part by farmers clearing land to expand agriculture—natural fires in the Amazon are very rare due to the tropical humid climate of the region (although they are indeed increasing as a consequence of global warming) The 19 Amazon Rainforest Fire On Friday the BBC reported that over 2,500 fires were happening in the Amazon Rainforest right now Nearly a soccer field of forest is falling every single minute in what's being called the worst fire in the Amazon since 13
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