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Brazil's Amazon rainforest is in flames, burning at the highest rate since 2013, when that nation's space research center first began tracking fires there

Brazil's Amazon rainforest is in flames, burning at the highest rate since 2013, when that nation's space research center first began tracking fires there.

Here's what we know.How big is the Amazon rainforest and what does it matter? The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon spans eight countries and covers 40% of South America -- an area that is nearly the size of two-thirds of the US, according to the World Wildlife Fund. More than 30 million people live in the Amazon, which is also home to large numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, most of them unique to the region.

 

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YOU ARE POSTING LYING FACTS

Is the U.S. helping out or are we just not doing anything about it?

thefakestnews

And the 'Planet's Lungs' are in the hand of a 3 pack a day smoker.

This is horrible...😭😢😢

iamSheikhaK It’s time to panic!!! Capitalism kills and burns and destroys. Capitalism will not go peacefully. CapitalismKills

MAN made just looking at the pattern, meaning farmers are growing there lands, rain will take care of it

Hey dumbasses...this happens every year. It's called agriculture. These are all productive agriculture areas that need to be burned down every year... I can believe you keep spreading FAKENEWS

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This is all half truths. Not actual forrest burning. Started on purpose on land designated for agriculture. Rainforest bigger than it has ever been in human existence. Deforestation peaked more than 10 years ago. Fake outrage.

Its still burning?

GreatDismal 💔

No one mentions the hundreds of thousands of animals who are burned to death? Courtesy Bolsinaro and his klan!

What's the % estimated Amazon vegetation loss from fire? 2016-17 it was reported like 0.14% What's the % re-growth each year?

WRONG

Totally fake news. The sheeple that watch CNN should tune into reality -- these film clips are about 16 years old AND this year, there has been less burning than usual. Wake up!

Silly, planets don't have lungs. Back to Biology 101 for you.

Brazil just turned down 20 million in aid from G7 nations

The Amazon is not the “lungs of the world” and the only good thing to come from this fire is hopefully people will see how hysterical climate alarmists are

the planet´s lungs ? my god this is not scientific this is a joke! look if the french macron is talking about this stupidity you should be correcting him and not spreading fakenews

Fake news. Pictures from 20 years ago and some not even of Brazil. It was climate change hype before the G7

If it’s a RAINFOREST why is it on fire? Clearly it’s not a RAINFOREST!.....lol

Another attempt to make climate change real. Problem is this fire isn’t in the Forrest. Can’t CNN ever report a story right.

I’m dumb, but if it’s a rainforest, should there not be some rain that would put the fires out?

tah_viapiana CNN is known as 'the planet's gut' for producing about 20 percent of the world's fake news.

If the a-holes in Brazil won't do anything....maybe the United Nations should.

This reminds me of the realDonaldTrump Administration. His Economy is next to burn.

Our contribution to our planet. We are a vile species.

One thing you know for sure, if that forest produces 20% of the world's oxygen there is no way for science to actually know that. They can guess and multiply and estimate but they can be off by a factor of 10. Or more.

Its up with the Brazilians to make a stand for their heritage and its up to EVERY ONE of us to save our only world. Our mother earth.

And you are in a carbon producing machine filled with fossil fuel hovering over the fire - potentially spreading it further with the downdrafts

El Servicio de Protección Forestal Aéreo Ruso comunicó que 400,000 hc. de bosques de Siberia se consumieron durante la noche del 25agosto y la madrugada de este 26agosto por los incendios.Durante las últimas 24 horas, 97 incendios fueron extinguidos, los cuales cubrían 2,898 hc.

Fake news with second intentions for misguided people to fall !!

Its farmland that's burning. Asshats.

Heartbreaking to see the forest getting burnt. Equally devastating is the state of Mumbai mangroves and wetlands being reclaimed by slums by the slumlord mafiaKandarpada and development by the government Aarey/Marve/Gorai/Bhyander.Lungs of Mumbai under threat. Wake-up people

Be afraid everyone! The only way to save mankind is to vote Trump out of office! Then and only then, will the rainforest stop burning and grow back thicker and more lush.

How long do you think your cattle will live without the exigencies the Amazon produces

Terrible and shameful

And that fire will continue to burn until the white man intervenes, You know the white man that everybody hates 😁 Let us know when you want the fire put out 👌

So the burning down the rainforest for soybeans instead of soy beans why don’t they plant jackfruit trees and other trees that make food soybeans sound like the most ridiculous thing to be growing in the rainforest

اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم. ياربي سلم.

احس معه حق

The Brazilian President Bolsonaro appears to be deeply involved in those fires. His argument that the fires has been caused by the hot weather is a FAKE ONE. There's no way hot weather even at over 40 degrees can make bushes & trees to start burning. A man can do that..!!.

May Allah bless the whole world from todays' disasters.

GreatDismal UN forces anyone?

wish scientists will make something that can quickly put out fire and furnish to fireman in the future

I'm frighten for my grandchildren. What are we doing to this beautiful blue and green planet.

These farmers and President of Brazil have to be stopped!!

Let's call on Jesus.

Tell this to the Brazilian psycho president.

4). There are numerous clumps of trees behind the firefront: the fire has consumed the grassland but is moving too quickly through low combustible grass to be able to consume larger stands of trees.

I can’t decide which is more depressing — Trump missing the meeting and lying about it or that without the US in the room the other 6 of the G7 thought that a mere $20 million to combat Amazon fires was an achievement. For context that about half of Neymar’s PSG salary.

3). The firefront shown in the footage appears to be consuming already cleared land consisting of what appears to be low scrub or pampas and not ‘forest’ as claimed.

2). The plane doubles back on its self several times thereby further reducing the 0.625% filmed forefront to a much smaller proportion.

tometaxu

The footage is abt 3mins long. To state the world largest rain forest is on fire infers the entire forest is on fire. The footage of this phenomenon filmed from a small prop plane would be at least 8 hours (1200miles/150miles per hour).

CNN when are u gonna stop lying to everyone....about EVERYTHING?

Looks like alot of farmers fields

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The Amazon does not produce 20% of the worlds oxygen. Rainforests typically use about as much oxygen as they create. The Oceans are the primary source of oxygen.

I love the Brazilian president .... He just asked the G7Summit to use the 20M USD promised to help out our the fire in the Amazon to be redirected to the Reforestation of Europe!!! This is intelligent

It is due to that president.

not any more accurate than the first 20x you posted it.

To be continue

Arson

Is this fire man made or natural?either way still sad

why is there a new pentagon the exact size of our pentagon courtyard in brazil? that’d be a far more interesting story

And they don’t want help fake news

May Allah bless

What do we do?

Who cares. The earth is greener than ever. NASA

About time you reported this real news

GreatDismal The Amazon doesnt effectively produce oxygen; the main concern is CO2 absorption. Less trees mean less absorption, and the fires put the absorbed CO2 in the air. Please get the facts straight .

Is this California

FakeNews again. Looks like more grassland burning than trees. I have already read a statement from some locals that said it is the old growth (dead) trees burning.

NASA is saying it is no different from any other year and CNN ignored it, but now they are concerned. Must be something big coming that CNN and the rest of the MSM wants heads turned away from.

I'm blindly guessing this will destroy tons of species of precious animals, kinda depressing

SpainNATO ONU_es Decretamos intervención inmediata en los santuarios mundiales q protegen el ambiente frente a imbéciles gobernantes q no hacen sino deforestar y acelerar el calentamiento global. Esta toma d bosques debe ser un asunto mundial y no de países. Se acabó la mierda.

More fake news. You guys are awesome.

Fake news. It's not the rain forest. It's open areas, cleared areas. Brazil is a big country, there are dry areas just like other countries. Most of this is man made fires.

Why does Brazil refuse assistance from the seven countries?

Louisiana has been never greener than it is now. Louisiana will be bigger than the rain forest and Louisiana people will protect it, we love it, it’s beautiful! paradise!

THE AMAZON IS NOT THE 'LUNGS OF THE EARTH'!!! ACTUALLY, THE EARTH IS GREENER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN!!! STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FEARMONGERING!!!

Mas que caralho. 273 especialistas já falaram q essa baboseira de 20% é mentira. Não rola dar a notícia sem essa info para n perder totalmente a credibilidade?

FakeNews

Brazil: But its for profit

B.S Here a some facts from NASA

so so so sad

The loss of animals and vegetation will be staggering. How does a fire manage to gain a hold in a straight line?

Ursalette 😭😭😭😭

bring you important climate news video 9 cylinders at a time.

Not many trees in that footage

The big greedy business and the cooperation of corrupt governments are the ones responsible of killing our rainforest and.. they been doing that for decades’ why now u report this? Hypocrites!!!

Man this story has legs.

You all say save the rainforest, and yet almost all of you live in homed made out of wood.... And the rainforest is what.... 👀

You do know NASA scientists have said the 20% oxygen figure you're quoting is a lie! NASA says it is more like 6% of the world's oxygen. They also said these fires are no worse than the past 15 years of fires during the dry season. Nothing like hyping FAKE NEWS though!

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Its not burning fast enough to make all these liberals heads expolde🤯🤯🤯

omfg

It’s a good thing we don’t need oxygen to survive! Down with the rain forest! Fuck humans! Oh wait.....we might be fucked.

Economy oligarch something, they said.

They’re saving the pristine jungle by dropping chemical fire retardant on it?

That is a sad turn of events. All the wild life that are being affected

Love seeing you libs grasping at anything, even fake news like this (it’s deforested farmland burning, not the rainforest - do some research), all out of your pure hatred for Trump and any of his supporters. Please keep it up, ok?! It’s great watching you people self-destruct!

🦄 FakeNews

CNN lies. Amazon rainforest consumes more oxygen than it produces. 99% of oxygen on earth actually produced by the oceans. Fake News!

Shit happens, yo.

It’s fuckkkkking 6% not 20 it’s 6 like damn for people who pretend to care about the environment u ppl really don’t do much science!!

our future the last man struggling to get the last bit of oxygen from the last little tree

Then : Now :

Fake news...again🧐

South America has had about half a century to get their shit together, these philistines are a disgrace to humanity. Brazilian president decides to burn the Amazon for wanting to pillage for natural resources then sends the Army. It's like burn your house, call for help.

Please somebody does something!

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I guess they need to start taking the rain forests as well, that's what's causing the fires in the first place isn't it?

Trump to Brazil: Burn Baby Burn

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Really apreciate how leonardo d caprio concern about this and bakcup even million dollars for finding solution we dont deserve him

So what happened before humans were around to put out fires ? Lightning strikes cause more fires than any other known source.

Allah u Akber.

All of it, fake news. This is almost all previously deforested land that is now farmland. Amazon is a closed system that uses virtually all of the oxygen it produces; thus “the planet’s lungs” thing is a lie. People, do some research before you trust the liberal media. Come on.

Ahh shit, Earth is hooked on cigs again...

How many times have you posted this ? Yes it's horrible, no I can't comprehend the extent of it, but posting it everyday multiple times ? Come on ....

Let me guess,,,the leader of the free world thinks they should cut down more trees so there's no more fires. And he's not sending a dollar to help. Am I right?

The land in this video looks like its already been cleared.

Why don't you INVESTIGATE why they're burning the area? Oh, it's a controlled burn? How did THAT not get reported? Even if it wasn't arson, controlled, campers, etc., 70% of our oxygen comes from plankton. So no, they aren't the 'planet's lungs'. EpicFail

Radical media is spreading Fake News about the seasonal fires in the AmazonRainforest in order to harm the reputation of President Bolsonaro 1st Anti-Marxist, Anti-Abortion, anti-Soros, Pro-Israel, anti-Palestine GODLY conservative to be elected in Brazil

Let's be honest and clear. The Earth has survived massive burns like this. It's a part of the cycle of life on a planetary level. What we're worried about is the human race. Climate change can end mankind. We are as eligible for extinction as any living thing.

Do you continue with fake news? Stop to say idiot things about “the planet’s lungs, please. Are you journalists or stupid people? Learn here: “Why Everything They Say About The Amazon, Including That It's The 'Lungs Of The World,' Is Wrong via forbes

Some people owe Al Gore an apology.

CNN, its not 20%. This was debunked over the weekend, so why do you continue to lie?

Cnn the amazon is beautiful! I'm Colombian! But calling it the 'Planet's Lungs' is a lie and if you knew anything else besides being fakenews you would research!!

We will be needing hot air, we will have to sacrifice some Democrats

Historical data published by NASA shows these fires, though burning at a higher percentage then last year, are on average with data over the last 20 years. Dont be fooled just because an election is coming up and the manipulation of these facts support a certain narrative.

Still wondering what may cause this fire at rain forest, world leaders should take every step necessary and resources should giving to take care of the forest, but all they care about nuclear weapons.

Trump thinks it’s fake news.

Let me guess.... It's Trumps fault

Will you also report that it was intentionally set, as are the California 'wildfires?'

KOINNews 😭

Who set it ?

All we see here is a lot of smoke, and extremely low height fire. All the footage from there is like that. Except some scenes in the news, added in between which are stock scenes. Very strange these fires.

Sorta like ‘s ratings...in flames.

This literally happens every year, and this years fires are not that large in comparison... FakeNews

Somewhere in hell, there is a Koch brother smiling.

too heart wrenching to watch

How sad

The fire can only be extinguished by becoming trans experts say

I feel like im choking when im watching this

Looks like an avg yr to me.

Our planet is dying. Yet U-S leadership does nothing because they're in the financial grip of wealthy donors. ClimateChangeIsReal

The big question is who lit the damn fire 🤔

Sweet baby Jesus, why do you still keep parroting the 20% of the world's oxygen lie? This has already been debunked by the Beeb: 'Academics say this is a very common misconception, and that the figure is less than 10%.' Yep. That's LESS THAN TEN PER CENT.

There is one industry that is never questioned and not being controlled. This is the Air travel around the world. There is thousands of flights at any given time 24/7/365 warming the upper air with hot jet exhaust that you never hear about. This is a global problem!

Is it a CNN progressive fire forest or a fascist fire forest ? NYT will tell ! Hi, Fredo !

GlasnostGone

Is it some kind of genetic twist that makes the human species cruel & violent: homicidal & suicidal? Or, is it just a deviation unique to the male of the species? iwonder...but the evidence points to the latter. Perhaps males should be constrained somehow.

RnfrstAlliance The destruction of the world's largest rainforest & it's still only partially understood biodiversity is heartbreaking. But this highly misleading claim about oxygen & the misunderstanding of biogeochemistry that it's based on could be counterproductive

Forget this 20% ..... think about Kashmir issue.... it can trigger nuclear war and can reduce oxygen significantly ...

Em Mato Grosso esta pegano fogo.

PrayForTheAmazon 🙏

Fun fact: fires in the amazon happen all the time. Statistically, the percentage of fires is down from 15 years ago. But go ahead pretend you care now since it’s trendy.

Fake news! Actually if you look into it instead of buying cnns bs 1.most of the fire burning right now is in areas already deforested 2.this happens every year and the fire is actually 15% smaller this year than in the past ten years. If u don’t believe it look it up cnn fakenews

Where they deliberately set by the right wing trump clone running (ruining) Brazil?

If it’s the Rain Forest...where’s the rain?

vinodkapri The whole world should cooperate in this matter,

Why doesn't Brazil makes it rain artificially in the fire area of Amazon?

We all know when a country's president burns vast amount of precious land there's a $$$$ motive. jairbolsonaro is absolutely corrupt and a terrible human being.

not much worries for me. as you evolve and become more perceptible of life, our actions make it more abundant in the end.

You failed to mention that the forest fires are below average and also most of the fires are farmers clearing land. Nothing but a scare tactic for the weak minded.

Damn you Obama!

Send he...

How did the fire start?

Vocês deveriam se informar melhor, a Amazônia não é o pulmão do mundo! Vocês estão divulgando Fake News!

Who cares about oxygen? If we cannot sell it we don´t need it.

Rain Forrest has trees, that looks like grass land , farmers always burn grass land to clear for crops

Absurdo o mundo tem que ajudar os brasileiros o presidente não está preocupado com a Amazônia é um incompetente 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

What's burning are the fields that have already been cleared for crops. It won't hurt anything.

If you want to protect Amazon, please stop to make up and wash yor hair. Thank you PrayforAmazon EmmanuelMacron

I guess ' The Powers That Be ' couldn't wait any longer to alter the Oxygen content and the environment of Earth. Kind of makes one wonder how the Amazon Rainforest managed NOT TO BURN all the time it existed, before Man came along.?

Millennials discover forest fire. This happens every year, come on, read a book or something.

So so sad :(

Maybe a nuclear bomb would help

How much O2 is consumed there?

There’s a cure for needing that much oxygen. Quit having so many babies! ThinTheHerd

YangsClimatePlan is the most comprehensive plan to SaveTheEarth

Look closely what is burning, no forest

So what’s being done to put it out

Sign the petition at GreenpeaceNZ to get Brazilian politicians to take action. We only have one earth, our problem is waiting for someone else to save it. SaveTheAmazon OneEarth

TerryWRobinson This is devastating

Bolsonaro needs to be indicted for Crimes Against Humanity for the destruction of The Amazon. Take him to The Hague now!

It produces 6%. 20% is too high and the number came out of nowhere

CNN reported NOTHING when Lula the corrupted Socialist President of Brazil had 4x more forest fires !

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Nuke it!

Acosta Of course this Administration doesn't believe in the Climate Crisis.they are crazy conspiracy theorists.

This is disgusting, Brazil's government will be known forever for this bs....for what? Greed smdh

1 Earth vs. 7,8 billion humans. It‘s unfair.

Acosta I read this was purposefully set and the Brazilian president knew about it prior and dud nothing. Shame! I am heartbroken.

Anon2World like this

Acosta This is intentional and man made. Fvck the ranchers.

Acosta Forest fires in the Amazon are actually occurring at about the average rate of the last 10 years. Not only that, but are you aware of how much oxygen the Amazon consumes for respiration... almost as much as it produces is the answer to that. It’s far from the lungs of the world.

Acosta 6% and it has no influence on the WORLD... PS. Farmers has started these fires... Noting to do with disasters...

Acosta Someone needs to buy the Amazon. How about Amazon?

Suggest donating to Rainforest Action Network or another enviro group dedicated to the rainforest. If we all take even small steps, that will equal massive action.

Acosta 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Fearmongering. A normal part of natures cycle. Fires have been burning in the Amazon for millennia. Now all of a sudden it's a problem because CNN wants it to be.

How did it catch in fire

Inflammation in the lungs. Not good. That can lead to a sudden and painful death.

Fake news from CNN

Shit i knew it was bad, but this is fking terrible...

Seriously?

More like grasslands then rainforests

What exactly does it take to put out the fire once and for all?

VeengasJ This is a small example. How helpless is human being, this fire can neither extinguish by superpower nor human power. This fire can only be extinguished by Allah's swt command.

Wild fires have been a common occurrence throughout history and humans can’t control it!

Read a bit ...it helps

Trump sending volunteers from White House to take the Forrest floor?

Too bad

Why do they call it a rain forest. All pictures I have seen show what look like brush fires

That’s Brazil’s problem not ours !

We Failed As Human. 😭😭😭😭😭

Can you prove that these are current photos Not the ones from 2005 that you had been using

Sounds like somebody needs to get their head out of their ass and help....everybody jumped hoops when Notre Dame caught on fire....rain forest just provides us oxygen..hmm

The “world” must work, together, to get this fire out and attempt ensure nothing, no man nor animal, does harm to the Amazon.

Because the world is large, the impact of local fires is small. ClimateChange Amazon earth world

Gives new meaning to that breathless feeling I get when I see something that frightens me.

chahongkong ActForTheAmazon

BREAKING NEWS Wilfires in Brazil are grossly misrepresented. Published photos dated from 2003-2015 with resent comments. Radicals deployed manipulators to fool pple for hatriate of Brazil government elected. What crooks do daily on CNN MSNBC Hate is there politicking Democrats

I'm not questioning the Amazon is on fire, but this footage doesn't show 'the largest rainforest in flames.' In fact, this footage doesn't show any Rainforest at all.

Help put the fire in contol,please firefighters over to you.

And the world is doing what to stop it?

20 percent of the oxygen but none of it will ever leave the rainforest I do hope people research for themselves and don’t actually think we here in the USA are breathing a ounce of any of the oxygen produced there

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SaveTheAmazonRainforest

With all the money in the world nobody is doing anything about it! What kind of world leaders do we have

It’s no different to traditional owners burning NT every year in June, it’s normal and occurs every year to control undergrowth and regenerate the land.

IF indeed, there are 41,000 fires in the Amazon, little can be done to remedy. WHERE was support from other Nations when it could have prevented, instead of greedily buying every board foot of timber they could produce? Mother Nature knows best. The Rainy season is coming...

I thought it's stopped burning. Huhu.

But 4x less than with Socialist Lula (corrupted in jail) !

August 25?

MindfulMajority This will destroy the planet. What are other world leaders doing to stop this? We haven't got years, months or even weeks, if the Amazon goes up in smoke that's it, game over AmazonRainforest SaveOurPlanet

MindfulMajority 😫😫😫😫😤⤵🚽💯🚽💯

THE PLANET'S LUNGS ARE DYING While the nations of the world are watching in fear; holding their collective breath, & waiting to exhale. Ethiopia is planting a billion trees While Brazil's rainforests are burning We've lost our moral compass W/ are u going to do to save our 🌎?

They don't give a X, about the entire globe, they just want to burn the Indians out of their land, and steel their land. So every western can have a beautiful kitchen to show to family jones.

benjones1k The fires are terrible but: Grassland isn't rain forest and the Amazon uses the O2 it produces. It's not helping the rest of the planet breath.

Utter devastation! Saddened by the loss of this part of the forest!

They jumped on that cathedral/Vatican shit in a day - this been going on for 3+ weeks

This is just sad.

Mankind now leaves no choice but for Divine Intervention. 🌿 Politics Economics Law have failed. The Amazon and our Oceans are a major part of the lungs of our Planet.

The Pentecostal love of money knows no bounds. They’d sacrifice the last tree on earth if they knew there was a dollar in it. auspol

Save amazon please. 🙏

BoicotBrazil boicoteBrasil ForaBolsonaroESeuBandoDeCriminosos

Why aren’t world leaders trying to assist in putting this fire out? The damage will affect all of us

This is serious. Look at the extent of damage. Something has to be done and fast.

cjcFlint doesnt seem like a forrest

You video shows South America's forests with full green foliage. When it is Summer in the United States, the Northern Hemisphere, it is Winter in South America, the Southern Hemisphere! What gives?

DawoodNot it only took you guys like a week to fecking report about this! sweet Jiminy cricket! 🙄

This is so incredibly sad. I am so worried for this earth and the anxiety of the destruction that is happening weighs heavily on me. Lord help us. 😔

OMG hope they do something about this pls save Amazon rainforest 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

What's gonna happen?

Es de espanto y llanto 😪

Human greed has no limits. This is catastrophic. The human race will ravage everything in the next 50 years. We are responsible for the extinction of animals and the destruction of biodiversity - we are running towards doomsday.

80% of the world's oxygen comes from algae. And we're to believe that the Amazon's accounts 100% of the rest? Bull crap. Hoax

Can we do something for it?

monicawaldia How can this be stopped. This is serious. Something WORLD needs to do to stop this. WORLD needs to do something about this, I repeat.

Looks a lot like pasture land and not much like rainforest

LiaoDeming 人类的灾难真的来了

Fake News, doesnt have fire like histeric shown

Q sent Me DEEP STATE STARTED THESE FIRES. BUT BY THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSES IT GOES THE SHOW CNN IS DEAD. ENEMY OF WE THE PEOPLE. PLAYED OUT AND EXPOSED. GFYS!!

Stay tuned to see...

Enough. The Horsemen will Enlighten You ALL. Always Remember; It was your own Greed and Malice that brought about the Last Sunset. Pontifex

Funny

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When it’s out, it will grow back even more green and lush then it was. It’s earths way of cleansing itself.

And it’s been reported these are controlled fires by agriculture/ farmers.

It'll grow back very fast and will back even more vibrant then before. If you're worried about the ecosystem than stop blowing so much hot air😆😆😆😆😆

This is fault of global warming!

The savanah is burning. Huh

Finally they found the responsible for Titanic

Bullshit! It happens every year.

“As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years.“ - NASA Earth Observatory. Come on guys, put on your big boy pants and read.

Lying news. NASA stated that this year there are actually less fires than in previous years. Why does CNN constantly lie to the American people? Oh, I remember, it fits their false narratives as a propaganda arm of the democrats, socialist/communist

It is obvious that these fires are intentional - an easy and immoral way to clear up the rainforest for industrial crops and cattle raising. Bad thing.

Shouldn't there be some firefighters from numerous countries there? Where is the UN? Where is the fundraising to finance sending firefighters? If this is as bad as the 'news' from CNN says wouldn't you think actions would have already begun. WHERE IS THE UN

How can anyone believe you? CNN has no credibility.

Please save the animals

الأرض بتتحرك ما جاذبيتها

Almost all the oxygen that the rainforest produces is consumed by itself!!! The planet's lungs are the algaes!!!! Go back to school!

If I'm seeing green it's not that bad.

Research your stats. It's not 20%.

Wow; that is so sad. How did it start? We can only pray that it stops. Can anything be done to stop it’s spread?

Has this footage been vetted? Aka not recent or not Brazil?

🔥 FakeNews for everyone.

When exactly are the world's firefighters going to go there and knock it down?

sorry i can't do nothing because i live in a 3rd world country which is egypt. But I'm waiting to see how the great countries are gonna act G7 . And I know that they won't do nothing . this world is only motivated by business. And led by business men. That's why it's doomed.

Lungs don’t produce oxygen... and in any case ... forget it.. asking too much of CNN..

Do you think people in American barrios, ghettos, or slums, the homeless, the unemployed, those working two jobs just to keep their heads above water even care?

How have your amygdalae not exploded yet? Seriously impressed by your sustained panic.

It’s existential

Let me guess...Trump’s fault?

gringolandia should help to stop the fire because they can do that with its technology. Save the trees in Amazonas, please...

I think that the forest doesn’t produce oxygen, instead it retains CO2, which helps to reduce the greenhouse effect

This planetttttttts on fireeeeeeeeeeeee

if it is true this inferno threatens the rainforest ecosystem also effects the entire globe now knowing that why isent the world of nations doing something to brazil...

Um... this is normal. Like this is an average fire but you can tell who is in political power by watching the coverage of it. Politics is a wild game.

Maybe they need to pay carbon tax in that.

I've seen worse

realDonaldTrump ideas are winning.

It shouldn’t take a government 8 months to “ try “ to put fires out only after getting global media pressure. But this also speaks to a larger picture, WE have the power to pressure governments for not fulfilling there obligations to 🌎 but only if we jump on these things faster.

Analu_Y7 Esse Bolsonaro têm que ser preso. Ele incentivou tudo isso. Tem que impor sansões a esse maluco. É a única maneira.

All the participant of the Paris Climate Accord should be rushing aid. Oops they can't , there is no American money.

Reportagem com informação manipulada, tenham vergonha ! ( reporting with manipulated information , be ashamed )

It’s a smoke show on the part of Bolsonaro.

Finally a strong response!!

Check your sources. This index - 80% - is not true.

c'est passer volontairement ?

Kkkkk you guys....we preserve about 70% of the rainforest. The Europe 0,07%.And you? What are you doing to the planet? Complaining and living the american way of life? 'Agriculture here and Forest there? Ah ok? So back off. Amazon belongs to Brasil 😉🇧🇷

All is jair in love and fires

This all Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro fault, all because of greed

A bit too late for that

If he would ask nice President Trump would make it rain. KAG TRUMP2020 🇺🇸

Till today he was sleeping? Am I the only one who feel he sold himself to industrialists

NASA says the fires are on par with last year. Fake news CNN

We need a revolution to save the planet!

Another incredible deed of one of Trump's allies.

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Just tell him to rake the forest and it’ll be fine

SierraClub The US loses 2 football fields of wild lands every minute to human development, but no one seems concerned. Why isn’t this condemned as much as the Amazon burning?

Alarming situation

After fire comes the floods, landslides, the compaction of the soil, the inability of primary recharge to absorb water. Ground compacts and hardens. All design constraints for dams and infrastructure along water ways need to change or they risk failure from the wider channels.

CNN and nasa lies...you really think people belive everything you say/write? We passed that time. What could happen if you tell the truth? Eh?

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Bolivia is burning too! We’re the poorest country in South America and we also need help! Please include us in the conversation

Obama started that 2013 fire because he ate meat.

Just hours ago CNN tweeted that we should all stop eating meat to save the burning rainforest. LiberalLogic

Poor people poor animals poor birds poor trees... 🌳...

Stop lying

We are so fcked.

AOC said we will all be dead in 11 years anyway so why bother.

ClimateNutsNetwork

The Amazon rain forest fires must be of global concern,this desperate situation will impact every country,every community,every citizen as such all governments should be jumping to help this urgent crisis Climatecrisis lossofspeciesdiversity lossofhumanlife ActForTheAmazonas

disgusting!

The highest rate since six whole years ago?!

Enter in the Conservative Republicans saying it's all a hoax....

Lowest rates in 15 years. NASA. Here's what to know.

God Krishna.

What did you never report it, talk about it? Oh yes because that the president is conservative and right wing

As long as it takes me to get a fire going and the RAIN forest is burning...smh.

Well...

Stop eating meat and save the lungs of our planet!

I guess they don't rake up their leaves properly right realDonaldTrump ?

California?

It's a Jungle. It'll grow back in a month. Calm down.

So why are there not a bunch of helicopters filling up from the Amazon river with water buckets trying to do something about this...or blowing some sort of retardant on it. Isn't' this possible...?

Lies lies everywhere.. Source: Nasa

OUR PLANET IS IN DANGER!!!

The one time realDonaldTrump has the chance to do something good for the entire world and he’s bitching about “fake media” rather than sending help!

Hello, Bolivia may be small but please do notice it's rainforest is dissapearing?

Fact: Fire Rejuvenates a Forest Fact: Global Warming has Nothing to with the Fire!

Fake news I preferred to watch UFO channel

Boycott their beef industry to bring them to the table.

Et pendant ce temps nos dirigeants dictatoriaux du cameroun abattent notre forêt avec l'aide des lobby Internationaux et pays comme la France la Chine Stop deforestation . ActForTheAmazon

The Amazon, which produces about 20% of earth's oxygen, is often referred to as 'the planet's lungs.' An inferno in the world's largest rainforest, two-thirds of which is in Brazil, threatens the ecosystem there and also affects the entire globe.

JessicaTyra1

Since the media is making a big F*ING deal about this perhaps the media could provide a some historical data as reference

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Glad to see that cnn can report on something other than politics. Now get out of lousy movie business because you’re not good at it.

Climate withdrawal ..

I love all the morons on here that think that this is due to climate change...

they need to let me make low rain clouds and that will stop this!

This is sooooooo scary !!!

Eat less meat

So it burned like this in 2013 and nothing happens, no coverage, but now it's the end of life as we know it. Strange

This is the real reason for the Fake News campaign against Brazil and the government. 👇👇

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