during his travels along the orinoco. humboldt also confirmed that there was a link between the orinoco and amazon river systems the rio de. on his journey through the rain forest he wrote you find yourself in a new world in wild and untamed nature nowadays there are few places left on this planet undisturbed by human activity. devastating fires have been raging in the amazon rain forest for weeks such huge blazes are unusual here. through the high humidity and the lush vegetation usually prevent flames from spreading but in the past few years things have changed the world's largest rain forest has become more vulnerable to drought due to climate change. many of the current fires were caused by humans. loggers use fire to clear underbrush and dried indigenous people from their land. farmers set blazes to gain land for their cattle and to grow crops but the soil itself isn't all that fertile it's the intact forest ecosystem that so efficiently recycles nutrients the amazon is a reservoir for 150 gigatons of carbon dioxide and now t

our journey in the footsteps of alexander from humboldt continues to the orinoco river in south america. in the neighboring amazon basin huge fires are raging but not all blazes are necessarily bad for the environment. climate change isn't just affecting the rain forest how can we future proofed.

our journey in the footsteps of alexander from humboldt continues to the orinoco river and south america. in the neighboring amazon basin huge fires are raging but not all blazes are necessarily bad for the environment. climate change isn't just affecting the rain forest how can we future proof are.