Fires in the Amazon: A barrier to climate change up in smoke

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Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters

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A house stands in front of a burning tract of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 29, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Smoke from a burning tract of the Amazon rises into the sky behind a cabin near Porto Velho, Brazil, September 9, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Reamains of trees lie on the ground of a burnt tract in the Amazon jungle near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 29, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 10, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A tree trunk is engulfed in flames during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 11, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 15, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Eliane Muller, 40, walks next to a burnt tract of the Amazon forest as it is cleared by farmers, after the fire hit 2 acres from her cassava plantation in Rio Pardo, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 16, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Guajajara Indians "forest guardians" detain a logger during a search for illegal loggers on Arariboia indigenous land near the city of Amarante, Maranhao state, Brazil, September 17, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A Guajajara Indian "forest guardian" stands by a fire at a loggers camp on Arariboia indigenous land near the city of Amarante, Maranhao state, Brazil, September 12, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A Guajajara Indian "forest guardian" draws water from a well at a loggers camp on Arariboia indigenous land near the city of Amarante, Maranhao state, Brazil, September 11, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Burnt trees stand within a tract of the Amazon jungle after a fire in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 24, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Researchers extract venom and study it before injecting small amounts into donor animals Image Credit: Reuters

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Pedro Mura, who is part of the Indigenous Mura tribe, reacts in front of a deforested area in nondemarcated indigenous land inside the Amazon rainforest, near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, August 20, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade member attempts to control hot points during a fire at Tenharim Marmelos Indigenous Land, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 15, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade members attempt to control hot points during a fire at Tenharim Marmelos Indigenous Land, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 15, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Logs cut from the Amazon rainforest are laid out near the BR-319 highway in the city of Realidade, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 22, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A cow stands in front of a burning tract as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 3, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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An aerial view shows a tract of Amazon jungle burning as it is cleared by farmers in Itaituba, Para, Brazil, September 26, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Jose, 2, plays while a fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 27, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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A truck drives through a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 24, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Employees relax in a camp inside the Bom Retiro deforestation area on the right side of the BR 319 highway near Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 20, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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Billows of smoke rise over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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The carcass of a cow lies along a tract of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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