Mini Planet: The Amazon is being burned. Heres what you need to know.
From July to November, it is fire season in the Amazon rainforest. But while fires can be a normal part of the life cycle in forests, most of the flames in the Amazon are far from natural and damaging.
Each year, people burn rainforest to clear the land for farming and pasture, as well as illegal logging. Whats worse, these practices make the forest even more vulnerable to future blazes and contribute to climate change.
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