The Amazon is burning at a rate not seen since we started keeping track. The smoke is reaching cities 2,000 miles away.
1:06pm PDT - August 21st, 2019 amazonia - Business InsiderThe Amazon rainforest is 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 last couple of weeks. On Monday, the coll…