The Amazon rainforest fire has been burning for more than half a month. What impact will it have on the global environment?

The Amazon rainforest is much more than just a large forest. The news of the Amazon fire swept in and spread as fast as the fire.

The map of the burning fire, coupled with the pictures of some animals fleeing in a hurry, stirred people's emotions; Coupled with sensational news headlines such as "Brazil catastrophe: Amazon fire lasted for ten days and ten nights, smoke covered the sky" and "the lungs of the earth failed, the media was silent collectively, and the government ignored it", it added a hint of conspiracy theory to natural disasters.

But carefully distinguish the news, in fact, many screen photos have nothing to do with this fire, or photos of Amazon fires before-yes, fires happen almost every year. The fire was mainly concentrated in Brazilian Amazon. It was sporadic small fires that broke out at high frequency in many places, and gradually burned together before they evolved into big fires.

On August 18, strong winds caused smog to spread to at least half of Brazil, affecting a large number of densely populated urban areas. For example, residents of Sao Paulo experienced a power outage. At 1 pm local time, black smoke covered the sky and the whole sky became dark, causing a lot of panic, and the news of forest fires gradually fermented.

According to the data released by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) of Brazil, the fire broke out seriously in the last week, with 9,500 forest fires in just seven days (8. 15-8.22), and the smoke was clearly visible in satellite photos.

The fire reached its peak in August 17, and gradually decreased after August 18. As of today, the disaster has been slowly brought under control. Considering the rain weather forecast of Amazon, the fire can be said to have passed the dangerous period.

Although not as scary as some remarks, isn't this fire worthy of attention? No, there is a terrible fact behind this-the rainforest is actually on fire.