Ikke rekordmange branner i Amazonas

NRKs nettsider og Dagbladet skriver at antall branner i Amazonas nå er rekordartet. VG skriver at det aldri før har vært så mange branner.

Kilden til dette er brasilianske National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), og det er korrekt at antall branner har økt med omkring 84 prosent fra samme tid i fjor. NASA har data tilbake til 2003. De skriver:

“As of August 16, 2019, an analysis of NASA satellite data indicated that total fire activity across the Amazon basin this year has been close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years. (The Amazon spreads across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and parts of other countries.) Though activity appears to be above average in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, it has so far appeared below average in Mato Grosso and Pará, according to estimates from the Global Fire Emissions Database, a research project that compiles and analyzes NASA data.”