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Luca Parmitano observes the impact of the Amazon forest fires from the International Space Station

Video. Luca Parmitano observes the impact of the Amazon forest fires from the International Space Station

Updated: 16/09/2019 - 14:37 GMT+2

These fires are deliberately started to clear space for the planting of crops. Sometimes this is done without realising we are possibly in the process of destroying mankind’s only chance of survival

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