ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEThe wildfire in the Amazon has grown big that astronauts become a witness to it from space. The wildfire in the Amazon has indeed grown into record numbers and it has been going on for days.
Criticism of the Brazilian president is coming from various platforms and outlets. The Amazon is on fire and its burning at an unprecedented rate. The National Institute for Space Research, or Inpe, said its satellite data shows an 84 percent increase from this time last year, citing that nearly 370 square miles had been lost in June alone.
The Waorani have protected half a million acres of their territory from potential drilling. The World's fight for the rainforests has been long and tiresome.
Researchers from the University of Bristol have found the evidence that Amazon rainforest is far more resilient to deforestation than previously estimated.
Most biologically diverse rain forest once used to be the home of pre-Columbian peoples. Scientists found that those pre-Columbian peoples made the Amazon rainforest in shape. They have cultivated more than 85 of plants those were used as foods, shelter or other purposes