alaska, 2.5 million acres burned. the link between climate change and traugt and wildfires is very, very strong. in the amazon rain forest in brazil, wildfires caused by slash and burn techniques rageded at a record rate. the planet s on fire! triggering worldwide concern over the fate of the rain forest. one of the biggest absorbers of carbon on the planet. we hit a record of 415 parts per million of carbon dox ide. that a new record high. the winds right now gusting at over 55 to 60 miles per hour. crucial reports b about climate and predictions for the future. the u.n. announcing there could be as little as 12 years for humans to mitigate catastrophic global warming. we re in the beginning of a mass extinction. they re recommendation, burning feuer foss l fuels,