European space agency records Amazon air pollution

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — New satellite images show an increase in air pollution in the Brazilian Amazon while fires burned in the region last month.
The European Space Agency on Monday published maps that show more carbon monoxide and other pollutants in August than in the previous month, when there were fewer fires.
The agency says fires are releasing carbon dioxide once stored in the Amazon forests back into the atmosphere, potentially having an impact on the global climate.
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