A tree stump glows with fire amid smoke along the road to Jacunda National Forest, near the city of Porto Velho in the Vila Nova Samuel region which is part of Brazil's Amazon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.

The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, contains vast amounts of carbon, which is released as trees are destroyed, warming the atmosphere and driving climate change. Deforestation is ...

WILDFIRES in the Amazon rainforest are tearing across Brazil at a record rate, a space agency has warned, as shocking satellite images revealed the devastating extent of the raging infernos.

SMOKE and heat from the Amazon rainforest fires are visible from space in these detailed satellite images shared by space agency NASA. By Sebastian Kettley 00:13, Fri, Aug 23, 2019 | UPDATED: 00: ...

Brazil's agricultural industry has pushed into the Amazon basin and spurred deforestation in areas including Mato Grosso EPA In one week, Inpe satellite images spotted 9,507 new forest fires in ...

High-resolution images from satellite company Planet are revealing glimpses of some of the fires currently devastating the Amazon rainforest.. While many of the images currently being shared on ...

Forest fires in the Amazon are generating smoke that can be seen from space and may have caused a daytime blackout more than 1,700 miles away in the country's largest city. In the middle of the ...

Satellite image of Belem, ... Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas State, Brazil, Aug. 20, 2024.

This satellite picture shows the rash of fires burning down vast swathes of Brazil. The blazes are producing smoke plumes that engulf the skies of the Amazonas region and poison the air. According ...

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The images, taken in by ...