astronaut nuka parmitano observed the forest fires in the amazon from the international space station and photographed the thick smoke trails. these red dots give an impression of the number of fires burning on a single day their impact on the rain forest is devastating in comparison the problem in southern africa seems far worse. but the blazes seen here are for the most part savanna fires grasslands need the flames to renew themselves old grass burns fertilizing the soil and making way for new growth . on facebook we asked you to tell us what you think about forest fires have you ever been affected by one. k.p. pandy from india writes fire is a good servant if it's controlled but a bad master if it's beyond control forest fires and global climate change are a vicious circle global communities need to break this cycle by promoting renewable energy technologies and reducing deforestation and forest degradation folio from ecuador post the fires in the amazon are nothing compared. the 1000 time bigger devastation the forest has undergone over the past 40 years the fire is the desperate