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Across this small isolated roadside fire, but it gave an example really of how its simply catching and its moved down about 50 yards of this highway side here, and the firemen turned up. are trying to dampen it out, just hitting it with shovels. it seems to have burned itself out mostly. this is basically the scale of the challenge theyre facing here. incredibly dry brush, anything considered to light. this is the place with the most fires in brazil right now, and experiencing a pall of smoke ov...

Keeping a sharp eye on it all those massive wildfires in the amazon are getting worse, and climate experts are calling the situation dire, saying the very air we breathe is in jeopardy anne thompson now on how these fires are putting our planet in peril. >> reporter: this is brazils dry season, when wildfires dot the amazon but not like this. three weeks of raging fires setting off alarm bells around the world. theres so much smoke, nasa satellites captured it from space. a cold weather system...

Three weeks of raging fires setting off alarm bells around the world. theres so much smoke satellites captured it from space. smoke has been pushed into cities more than a thousand miles away. brazils space agency reporting almost 73,000 fires since january. an 83% increase over last year. who why the rise? human activity is suspected. development encouraged by brazils president. >> the impact is devastating. its dedestroyistroying ecosyst worsening climate change. >> reporter: the amazon is the...

Changes removes the requirement and scientists must decide whether a expertise need protecting regardless of economic concerns. this despite the fact that a recent gallop poll found that environment over growth. and thats really a problem, given that a recent 1,500 page report from the un determined that more than a million species are at risk of extinction, thanks to human activity, due to climate change. the newly minted ambassador was asked by cbs whether she thinks climate change is caused b...

It already faces legal challenges. it comes just a week after a gunman in el paso targeted latinos. california congresswoman nora torres who came to guatemala at the age of 5 is slamming it. there is a new threat. some of the worlds most endangered animals. the trump administration is announcing some of the broadest weapons to the endangered species act. it weakens protections for animals, plants and other species already threatened by human activity and the escalating climate crisis. the pr...

>> this re-interpretation of the public charge rule is set to take effect in mid october and it already faces legal challenges. it comes just a week after a gunman in el paso targeted latinos. congress california congresswoman is slamming it. its an excuse to get rid of people including people who look like me. the trump administration is announcing some of the broadest changes in case. the landmark endangered species act. it will make it easier to remove endangered species already threatened ...

A dangerous rate more than a 1000000 species could soon become extinct. theres almost no place on earth thats been spared from human activity not even the poles or remote mountains such as in the kurdish region of northern iraq its one of the worlds most conflict ridden areas borders drawn after world war one left the kurdish region straddling 4 states turkey syria iraq and iran. this is resulted in uprisings of violence and wars that still continue today. most recently against so-called islamic...

A dangerous rate more than a 1000000 species could soon become extinct. theres almost no place on earth thats been spared from human activity not even the poles or remote mountains such as in the kurdish region of northern iraq its one of the worlds most conflict ridden areas borders drawn after world war one left the kurdish region straddling 4 states turkey syria iraq and iran. this has resulted in uprisings of violence and wars that still continue today. most recently against so-called islami...

Has to be established enough to withstand any storm that comes its way. and we see it with marine life new research has found that human activity is not the biggest factor affecting shark populations a report by the logical society of london says that human activity has pushed sharks away from coastal towns and cities and further out into the ocean research has also found that sharks body size is significantly smaller in communities that live near human activity they discovered remote locations ...

Foundation around 80 percent of the fragments survive these ones have been growing for 18 months life is returning and attracting more life with it the reef protectors work is financed by project money and donations they proudly show us the results of 8 years work the corals here have increased from 6 percent to over 50 percent all the hard work is worth it the reef has been able to recuperate. and will stay on the water with some sharks new research has found that human activity is now the bigg...