Fires tearing through the Amazon are pumping carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, causing abnormally-high levels ...
(World News Science)

An animation released by NASA today has revealed the alarming surge of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere as a result of fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. Levels of the pollutant as high as 18,000 feet above Earth`s surface have spiked to 160 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in some regions, with local values expected to be `significantly higher.` According to NASA, the noxious gas can linger in the air for roughly a month, carrying implications both for air quality and climate change. Levels of the pollutant as high as 18,000 feet above Earth`s surface have spiked to 160 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in some regions, with local values expected to be `significantly higher` At such...