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Fires taking Amazon closer to 'point of no return': expert

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Carlos Nobre , one of Brazil 's top climate scientists, warns that the world's biggest jungle is in existential danger.

A record wave of wildfires, fueled by climate change and deforestation, is causing havoc across South America .

The worst drought in Brazil in recent memory has fanned the biggest fires in more than a decade , leaving up to 80 percent of the country blanketed in smoke.

Nobre: By 2050 we will have passed the point of no return..

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