10 minutes agoYou see the evil of this world. Smoke from Brazil fires reaches 3 million and 200 thousand km2
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)While the fires in Siberia created a cloud greater smoke than the European Union, on the other side of the world, mountain fires in the Amazon are causing a phenomenon of nearly the same magnitude. Santiago Gasso, a researcher at the Goddard center of Nassau, alarmed on Twitter that the surface of Latin America covered by smoke was about [...]
Santiago Gasso, a researcher at the Goddard center of Nassau, warned on Twitter that the surface of Latin America covered by smoke was about 3 million and 200 square miles [3,000,000 sq km].
This compared to the smoke surface caused by fires in Siberia (which was 7 million) and the EU area (4.4 million) turns out to be quite large, Euronews reports, translate Periscope.
Scientists have pointed out that this remarkable size of smoke can affect local weather.
Gasso has explained that the smoke “not only prevented solar energy from reaching the ground” but also prevented cloud formation.
A study published in Science magazine in 2003, demonstrated the effect between urban air pollution and smoke from fires in reducing cloud formation, resulting in heating the atmosphere and freezing the surface.
The Brazilian state of Amazons declared a state of emergency last week due to the growing number of fires in the region. /Periscope
