Open AccessAmazon Deforestation and Fires are a Hazard to Public Health
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Thompson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo162680
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , deforestation (computer science) , climbing , hazard , public health , climb , geography , environmental planning , environmental science , environmental health , medicine , engineering , ecology , computer science , nursing , archaeology , aerospace engineering , biology , programming language
Deforestation in the Amazon has dropped since the early 2000s, but it is slowly climbing again. A new study shows the impact of that climb on public health—and how much worse conditions could be.