More Wildfires Are Burning In Angola & Congo Than Brazil

What many don't realize is that the wildfires in the 'lungs of the Earth' - as French President Emmanuel Macron described the Amazon - actually aren't that uncommon. In fact, they're a natural part of the rainforest's process of self-restoration. In total, this year, fires are up by 83% compared with last year.
And while the rest of the world uses the fires as an excuse to slam Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his environmental policies (some have accused him of tacitly condoning the farmers who set the fires), Bloomberg reports that Brazil is actually third in the world in wildfires over the last 48 hours, citing data from the MODIS satellite analyzed by Weather Source.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-23/more-wildfires-are-burning-angola-congo-brazil

“Weather Source recorded 6,902 fires in Angola over the past 48 hours, 3,395 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 2,127 in Brazil.
Like in the Amazon and in California, wildfires aren't all that uncommon in Central Africa.”
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Total number of fires seems like an interesting but ultimately not particularly telling statistic.
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Well it is interesting seeing as no one here knew that. It makes one wonder why? Whether it is a telling number of fires could be very telling or not. The main point seems to have been missed by you however.
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10,000 fires in Congo and Angola.......2,000 fires in Brazil.
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10,000 fires in Congo and Angola.......2,000 fires in Brazil.
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“"Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented rate," declares CNN. The Daily Beast gives us "Record Number of Wildfires Burning in Amazon Rainforest." Here's NBC News: "Amazon wildfires could be 'game over' for climate change fight."
Interestingly, when NASA released the satellite image on August 21, it noted that "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."
So why are there so many fires? "Natural fires in the Amazon are rare, and the majority of these fires were set by farmers preparing Amazon-adjacent farmland for next year's crops and pasture," soberly explains The New York Times. "Much of the land that is burning was not old-growth rain forest, but land that had already been cleared of trees and set for agricultural use."
It is routine for farmers and ranchers in tropical areas burn their fields to control pests and weeds and to encourage new growth in pastures.
What about deforestation trends? Since the right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil's president, rainforest deforestation rates have increased a bit, but they are still way below their earlier highs:”
“Various researchers have noted a U-shaped relation between environmental degradation and economic growth. As development takes off, levels of pollution and land degradation rise, but they begin to improve once certain thresholds of per capita incomes are attained. A 2012 study found, after parsing data from 52 developing countries between 1972 and 2003, that deforestation increases until average income levels reach about $3,100 per capita. As it happens, Brazilian per capita incomes reached $3,600 per capita in 2004,which is when deforestation rates began trending decisively downward.
While problematic deforestation is still taking place in the Amazon region, a 2018 study in Nature reported that the global tree canopy cover had increased by 865,000 square miles from 1982 to 2016. As Brazilians become wealthier, the deforestation trend in the Amazon will likely turn around toward afforestation, as it already has done many other countries.”-Reason Magazine/Blog -
Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis
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Why is this comparison of the number of fires over a two day period reassuring?
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Oh great their are more fires along the and just south of the equator. The same temperate zone as the fires that are happening in the Amazon. I wonder what the correlating phenomenon could be for this? Maybe it was something that some astute poasters were claiming was a hoax ten months ago?
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Both of you morons don’t get the point which again is not surprising.
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For the geographically challenged like yourself they aren’t in “Temperate zones.”Gwad said:Oh great their are more fires along the and just south of the equator. The same temperate zone as the fires that are happening in the Amazon. I wonder what the correlating phenomenon could be for this? Maybe it was something that some astute poasters were claiming was a hoax ten months ago?
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NASA-Fires in Amazon close to the average in comparison to past 15 years
https://www.weaselzippers.us/430410-nasa-fires-in-amazon-close-to-the-average-in-comparison-to-the-past-15-years/ -
That's called 'nature'.DJDuck said:NASA-Fires in Amazon close to the average in comparison to past 15 years
https://www.weaselzippers.us/430410-nasa-fires-in-amazon-close-to-the-average-in-comparison-to-the-past-15-years/
All these fucks should read The Big Burn by Timothy Egan to catch a clue.
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Dear climate alarmists: We regret to inform you that NASA declared the fires in the Amazon to be ‘close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years’
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/08/24/dear-climate-alarmists-we-regret-to-inform-you-that-nasa-declared-the-fires-in-the-amazon-to-be-close-to-the-average-in-comparison-to-the-past-15-years/ -
nasa.gov is saying something different
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Gwad said:
nasa.gov is saying something different
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTe2-XzkBVg
You believe those hoaxsters?!?
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Why the difference in the kind of alarmist reporting of a fire year that is just about average?
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/wildfires-in-the-brazilian-rainforest-creating-cross-country-smoke
This natural-color image of smoke and fires in several states within Brazil including Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Rondônia was collected by NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on August 20, 2019. 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.
NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Worldview application provides the capability to interactively browse over 700 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and then download the underlying data. Many of the available imagery layers are updated within three hours of observation, essentially showing the entire Earth as it looks "right now.” Suomi NPP is managed by NASA and NOAA. Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Caption: Lynn Jenner
Last Updated: Aug. 23, 2019
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Always about the blacks wit u
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4.5 million white people live in africa by the way.PurpleJ said:Always about the blacks wit u
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DJ i'm sorry but I am strongly biased to the fact that main stream media talking head news has warped your mind. They purport the idea that the only way to discuss things is to argue about shit. I believe it shows up in how you word your opening statements on each and every topic you start. You're just looking to argue imo.DJDuck said:Why the difference in the kind of alarmist reporting of a fire year that is just about average?
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Given the history of this problem, which you are apparently ignorant of, this is not good news.DJDuck said:NASA-Fires in Amazon close to the average in comparison to past 15 years
https://www.weaselzippers.us/430410-nasa-fires-in-amazon-close-to-the-average-in-comparison-to-the-past-15-years/
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Many of Those Viral Amazon Rainforest Fire Photos Are Outdated or Unrelated
Is it raining in the Amazon? Is the rainforest on fire? Sometimes viral photographs don't tell an accurate story.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/08/23/viral-amazon-fire-photos/