FRANCE: 1000’S EVACUATED WHEN FOREST FIRES RAGE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MARSEILLE

Highlights:

• A fire in the forest has erupted in the southern French city of Marseille on Tuesday afternoon
• Around 2,700 people have been evacuated from the region

The officials in France have confirmed that around 2,700 people have b...

A new study attributes the finding of black carbon in the Amazon river to recent forest burning.

A team of an international group of researchers suggests that most of the black carbon found in Amazon river is young and therefore could be a result of the recent amazon forest fires. 

This black carbon is a by-product of incomplete combustion process of vegetation. They are relea...