Dear climate alarmists: We regret to inform you that NASA declared the fires in the Amazon to be ‘close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years’
If you’ve been reading the MSM over the past few days, you’ve been treated to a barrage of coverage over the fires in the Amazon and how what’s going on is a “massive increase over last year”:
ABC News
✔@ABC
The Amazon is often referred to as “the lungs of the planet.” It’s home to 10% of the world’s species and creates 20% of our oxygen.
There have been more than 74,000 fires in the Amazon since January, a massive increase over last year. http://abcn.ws/31Us1gP
And as we told you, politicians and celebs are really, really concerned. But not so concerned with the truth. . .
As we told you last night, the photo is from 2003:
Emmanuel Macron
✔@EmmanuelMacron
Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest – the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen – is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let’s discuss this emergency first order in two days! #ActForTheAmazon
There’s just one problem with this narrative. NASA, which kind of started all of this when they posted this photo of the fires from space, said this year’s fires are at or below average “if we look back 15 years”:
Joe Hanson
✔@DrJoeHanson
But according to NASA, if we look back 15 years this year’s fire rates are at or below average. This really means in past years rates were very bad, not that this year’s rates are good, but it’s important context… we were on right track until recentlyhttps://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-brazil …
Fires in Brazil
Satellites begin to detect heightened fire activity in July and August in the Amazon.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Weird! It’s a totally normal year for fires but everyone is freaking out? What could it be?
Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwartThis NASA thing says that the fire activity in Brazil this year is normal. Is there some particular reason this particular bout of fires is getting so much attention? https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-brazil …
Brazil is even using the NASA report to dunk on the alarmists:
Embassy of Brazil in the USA
✔@BrazilinUSA
Brazil commits a lot of resources to combat forest fires. A recently updated NASA report says that “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”. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/fires-in-brazil …
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Related:
Twitchy Team
✔@TwitchyTeam
Emmanuel Macron, celebs BUSTED sharing fake viral photos of the Amazon fires https://buff.ly/2ztOW6F
Emmanuel Macron, celebs BUSTED sharing fake viral photos of the Amazon fires
Fake, but accurate?
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