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the amazon · active fires, last 24 hours · nasa firms
fires detected · feed not connected
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lit on purpose
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most. the forest does not burn on its own; it is cut, dried, and set alight for pasture and soy.
method placeholder for NASA FIRMS active fire detections in the last 24 hours, Amazon biome.
- this is the site’s first feed: satellite fire detections over the amazon in the last 24 hours, counted every three hours. when the feed is down or not yet wired, the number is a question mark, not a guess.source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS); INPE; MapBiomas
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=the%20amazon" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · the amazon"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- placeholder for NASA FIRMS active fire detections in the last 24 hours, Amazon biome.
- range
- hundreds (wet season) to tens of thousands (peak days)
- confidence
- feed (stub)
- weakness
- a stand-in number until wired. clearly badged.
- becomes a feed
- NASA FIRMS, active fires every 3 hours
- dispute
- dispute LGR-064 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0