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Verheerende Waldbrände im August 2019
„NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite collected this natural-color image using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on August 21, 2019. Smoke from the fires raging in the Amazon basin has created a shroud that is clearly visible across much of the center of South America.“
„It is not unusual to see fires in Brazil at this time of year due to high temperatures and low humidity. Time will tell if this year is a record breaking or just within normal limits.“ – in ihrer Bildunterschrift unterschlägt die NASA, dass viele Brände aktiv gelegt werden. In der Trockenzeit ist nur die Ausbreitung dieser Brände größer als zu anderen Jahreszeiten.
Aus dem Business Insider: „The blazes in the Amazon are so big they can be seen from space. One map shows the alarming scale of the fires.“
- „The „lungs of the planet“ are burning at a record rate: The Brazilian Amazon has experienced more than 74,000 fires this year, whereas last year’s total was around 40,000.
- About 10,000 of the 2019 fires have started in the past couple of weeks.
- Some of these fires were started by farmers and loggers seeking to use Amazon land for industrial or agricultural purposes.
- But once blazes start, hot temperatures and dry conditions because of climate change enable the flames to spread farther and faster.
- These satellite images, along with a map of the fires, show the scale of the burning.“