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Aerial picture showing a burnt piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. - Bolsonaro said Friday he is considering deploying the army to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, after news about the fires have sparked protests around the world. The latest official figures show 76,720 forest fires were recorded in Brazil so far this year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. More than half are in the Amazon. (Photo by Carl DE SOUZA / AFP)

Earth cannot tolerate more Amazon destruction: Kuwaiti expert

By Kuwait Times

August 24, 2019 | 08:57 p.m EDT

PORTO VELHO: Aerial picture showing a burnt piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. - AFP

KUWAIT: Planet
Earth cannot tolerate more destruction in the Amazon, a Kuwaiti meteorologist
said yesterday, warning that "the globe's lungs are being burned."
The Amazon forests are where 33 million people live along with 240 local
indigenous Amazon communities, as well as 400,000 plant species, 370 reptiles
and 300 types of marine life, Meteorologist Essa Ramadan said in a statement
yesterday, adding that the Amazon rainforests are able to reduce global warming
and adapt to it.

On Kuwait's
weather, Ramadan said humidity is expected to continue until the weekend,
adding that it may return at the start of September, which indicates a change
in the weather. Yesterday marked the first day of the 'Suhail season', he said,
adding the Suhail star (Canopus) is in the south of the Arabian Peninsula and
will be visible in Kuwait after September 5.

August 24, 2019 08:57 PM

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