Are forest fires as bad as they seem?

Amid the hue and cry about wildfires in the Amazon, the BBC took a look at the numbers across wildfire-prone regions in Brazil, Siberia, Indonesia and Central Africa, concluding that although fires this year have wrought significant damage to the environment, they have been worse in the past.

Are forest fires as bad as they seem?

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