Brazil's Amazon rainforest fires in August reach 14-year high
- Brazil's Amazon rainforest fires in August reached the highest level since 2010, according to government data, following a record drought affecting the region.
- Satellites detected 38,266 fire hotspots in August, more than double last year's count and the most for that month in 14 years, per Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
- The data indicates that human land use changes, along with climate change, significantly contribute to the increase in fires in the Amazon rainforest.
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