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Fire in the rainforest
| Author: |
Stolzburg, William |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Periodical: |
Nature Conservancy |
| Abstract: |
Three years later, El Ocote in many places wears a flush of green, a façade to those now looking deeper into the ecology of tropical fire. The burning of El Ocote was one of many thousands of tropical fires in an unusually fiery year that scientists say may soon become more the norm. And given the biological payload of the rain forests, with 7 percent of Earth’s landmass harboring more than half of all species, those concerned with preserving the diversity of life have taken a grave interest in the thickening smoke rising from the tropics. |
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