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Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought.

Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought.

Update: 2024-08-10
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Drought in the Amazon has left the forest tinder dry and now burning out of control. Wilderness areas and national parks across north America are on fire. The effects of climate change are hitting hard with threats of major shifts to world weather patterns as shown by the tropical island of Yap in the western Pacific coming perilously close to running out of fresh water.

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Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought.

Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation