Questão 4 - UFMS PASSE - 2ª Etapa 2018-2020

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Text I

 

Brazil's government claims its policies aren't to blame for the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. But scientists in Brazil and elsewhere disagree. Satellite data show the rise in blazes is linked to a recent rise in deforestation, which is at least partly the result of government policies, they argue. Most of the fires occur in municipalities with the highest rate of deforestation this year. Many are active for several days, burning with intense heat and producing tall, thick, smoke pillars—all indicators that trees are on fire, not overgrown pastures, crop residues, or roadside vegetation.

(Fonte: Disponível em: https://science.science mag.org/content/365/6456/853.summary. Acesso em: nov. 2019).

 

Text II

 

Precipitation decline and vegetation fires in the Amazon region associated with climate change and deforestation expose local communities to hazardous air quality that may lead to damages in human health such as diseases of the respiratory system. Since 2000, drought incidence over the Amazon has been observed at a higher frequency than during the last century, and the effects of the drier climate and fires on human health remain uncertain.

(Fonte: Disponível em:  https://www.science direct.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1470160X193 08118. Acesso em: nov. 2019).

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