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Hidden Wildfires Taking Big Toll on Amazon Rainforest
Description: In the southern Amazon rainforest, fires below the forest treetops, or "understory fires," have been hidden from view from NASA satellites that detect actively burning fires. Now, using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that this type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying several times more forest than has been lost through deforestation in recent years. [Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]
URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-196
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Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Publish Date: 6/7/2013
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