{"id":336913,"date":"2021-11-12T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T10:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=336913"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:05:58","slug":"amazon-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/amazon-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazon Rainforest Fires: Details On Earth\u2019s Burning Lungs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon rainforest<\/strong>, an ecosystem on which the whole world depends is being ripped through the record-breaking fires. Thousands of fires are burning the southern areas of the Amazon, resulting in the formation of a blanket of smoke and soot affecting wildlife and the downwind settlements. According to the National Institute for Space Research of Brazil, there have been over 72,843 fires in Brazil since January 2021 which means that more than one-and-a-half soccer fields worth of rainforest are being annihilated every minute. Read more to know the latest updates on Amazon fires<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

About Amazon Rainforest<\/h2>\n
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Amazon rainforest is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. The Amazon basin comprises 7,000,000 km2 out of which 5,500,000 km2 area is covered by the rainforest. The rainforest spans eight countries, namely Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana. Nearly 60% of this rainforest is part of Brazil. The World Wildlife Fund notifies that, Amazon is home to one in ten known species on the Earth and comprises half of the planet\u2019s remaining tropical forests.<\/p>\n

Must Read:<\/strong> Brazil Wildlife: A Mini Guide To Explore The Enchanting Carnival Land Of South America!<\/a><\/p>\n

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