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Forest fires and deforestation in the central Amazon: Effects of landscape and climate on spatial and temporal dynamics.

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In this article, the authors assessed the potential drivers of deforestation and forest fires in the central Brazilian Amazon and show that over a period of 31 years (1985-2015) forest fires occurred only in years of extreme drought induced by El Nino (1997, 2009 and 2015).
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This article is published in Journal of Environmental Management.The article was published on 2021-06-15. It has received 27 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Deforestation & Amazon rainforest.

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Fire Dynamics of the Bolivian Amazon

TL;DR: In this paper , trend analysis and emerging hotspot analysis are deployed to identify the spatial and temporal patterns of fire activity and boosted regression tree models are used for identifying the drivers of forest fire within each ecoregion of the Bolivian Amazon basin.
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Highway Network and Fire Occurrence in Amazonian Indigenous Lands

TL;DR: In this paper , the influence of highway infrastructure on fire occurrence inside and around Indigenous Lands (IL) located in the Brazilian Amazon biome, from 2008 to 2021, was evaluated using data from 14 different satellites, available on the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research.
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Analysis of how the spatial and temporal patterns of fire and their bioclimatic and anthropogenic drivers vary across the Amazon rainforest in El Niño and non-El Niño years.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how both fire dynamics and bioclimatic factors varied based on the season (wet season and dry season) El Nino years across the different countries and ecosystems within the Amazon rainforest.
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Forest Fires in the Brazilian Amazon and their Effects on Particulate Matter Concentration, Size Distribution, and Chemical Composition

TL;DR: In this article , the influence of combustion phases on the particulate matter emissions was investigated, and the results showed that the concentration and diameter of the particles changed significantly depending on the combustion phase.
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The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data

TL;DR: A general statistical methodology for the analysis of multivariate categorical data arising from observer reliability studies is presented and tests for interobserver bias are presented in terms of first-order marginal homogeneity and measures of interob server agreement are developed as generalized kappa-type statistics.
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Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

TL;DR: Records from multiple long-term monitoring plots across Amazonia are used to assess forest responses to the intense 2005 drought, a possible analog of future events that may accelerate climate change through carbon losses and changed surface energy balances.
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Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching.

TL;DR: An ambient-driven actuator that takes advantage of inherent nanoscale molecular channels within a commercial perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer (PFSA) film, fabricated by simple solution processing to realize a rapid response, self-adaptive, and exceptionally stable actuation.
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Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present field surveys of wood mills and forest burning across Brazilian Amazonia which show that logging crews severely damage 10,000 to 15,000 km2 of forest that are not included in deforestation mapping programmes.
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Why amazon forest is getting destroyed?

The paper states that forest fires and deforestation are the main threats to the Amazon forest. Forest fires occur during extreme drought events induced by El Nino, and deforestation is closely associated with navigable rivers. The vulnerability of the forest to climate change and the attractiveness of areas near roads, rivers, and established deforestation for agriculture and pasture contribute to its destruction.

How are the fires in the Amazon rainforest related to El Niño?

The fires in the Amazon rainforest are related to El Niño as they occurred only in years of extreme drought induced by El Niño, such as in 1997, 2009, and 2015.