Fridays are awesome. 3

It's great to have you spending 10 minutes of here Friday with CNN 10 on Carla Zeus at CNN Center. 4

We're starting in the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere today. 5

That's Brazil. 6

It's also home to most of the world's largest rainforest, and large parts of the Amazon are on fire. 7

Brazil Space Agency says there have been 72,800 fires nationwide this year and that more than half of them are in the Amazon region. 8

It's referred to as the lungs of the earth. 9

Scientists estimate that the Amazon produces 20% of the oxygen in the planet's atmosphere. 10

It's home to hundreds of indigenous tribes. 11

It's rich and natural. 12

Resource is the Amazon also harbors countless species of plants and animals thes air. 13

Some of the reasons why environmentalists around the world are concerned about the increase of wildfires there. 14

One note of caution. 15

Though some of the photos being shared to raise awareness about these disasters aren't accurate, a number of actors and Internet stars have posted pictures of previous Brazilian fires, some dating back 20 years and employing that these are the current fires and some of the other pictures that have gotten millions of likes aren't even of fires from Brazil. 16

While this type of fake news is circulating widely on social media, environmentalists say the reality that's currently taking place in Brazil is troubling enough. 17

Brazil's largest city plunged into darkness, black clouds filling the sky blanketing Sao polo Monday afternoon. 18

Six smoke billowing from more than 2700 kilometers away, where fires air consuming the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon basin is burning at a record rate. 19

According to Brazil's research center, more than 72,000 fires have scorched the country this year and over 80% increase compared to the same period in 2018 flames destroying one and 1/2 football fields of rainforest every minute of every day. 20

Smoke's spreading across nearly half of Brazil, visible from space more than a week ago, even spilling into neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay. 21

Now the haze stretches across South America, spreading along the east Atlantic coast. 22

The Amazon is a humid rainforest, so you may be asking how our large parts of it being scorched by wildfires, experts say. 23

Even in the dry season, the Amazon doesn't catch fire that easily. 24

Scientists don't know for certain yet what's causing the fires, but there's a lot of blame being thrown around. 25

Some environmental organizations 0.2 farmers, cattle ranchers and loggers. 26

For a long time, they've used fire to clear land, and the dry season, which peaks in September, is usually the most effective time for them to do this so their cattle can graze. 27

So researchers say they're the ones behind most of the fires. 28

Critics of Brazil's leadership say President giant Bolson Roo is partly to blame. 29

He's been accused of relaxing environmental rules and opening parts of the rainforest to businesses in an effort to improve Brazil's economy. 30

For his part, President Bull Sonora has suggested that nonprofit organizations which have lost funding from the government might have started the fires because they're hoping to generate negative attention on the president and the government. 31

And an environmental official within that government said dry weather, wind and heat have caused the fires well. 32

That debate rages on. 33

Activists are warning that if they're not stopped, the wildfires contar nw parts of the Amazon into a dry savanna that's no longer inhabitable for a lot of wildlife. 34

Which of these discoveries was made as part of a secret U. 35

S military mission in 1985. 36

Titanic Wreckage Dead Sea Strolls Hope Diamond or terra cotta warriors A secret military mission to recover to sunken submarines led to the discovery of the Titanic. 37

Discoveries are still being made at the Titanic's final resting place in the North Atlantic. 38

The most recent dive there, the 1st 1 in 14 years, was just completed this month. 39

And what scientists noticed this time around was that the ocean is swallowing up the ship. 40

Bacteria and salt are eating away at the ocean liners. 41

Metal The pressure of deep water currents is taking a toll. 42

The ship's hole is starting to collapse into the sentiment. 43

Some of the state rooms air going with it, and experts expect the deterioration to speed up until the ship's remains crumbled to the ocean floor. 44

The ship that was once called unsinkable was gassed by an iceberg on the night of April 14th 1912. 45

Less than three hours later, it felt aware it now rests in two giant pieces about 370 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. 46

Of the more than 2200 people who were on board more than 1500 died in the disaster. 47

The dive team that studied the wreckage this month later wreath and held a ceremony in honor of those who lost their lives. 48

From the depth of the sea to the heights of the sky, the international space station has been described as the most expensive object ever constructed. 49

It's cost has been around 100 and $50 billion orm, or most of that paid for by the United States. 50

And for years, scientists and observers have debated whether the research and work that's been done aboard the I S S is worth the money. 51

But as NASA shifts its focus from maintaining the station two missions that go deeper in the space, it's opening up ways for private organizations to utilize. 52

The I. 53

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Theo International Space Station represents the longest continuous human presence in low Earth orbit. 55

As a working laboratory, the astronauts are its researchers. 56

Amazing thing about the space station is that it's a place where we do research. 57

We're simulating aspects of future space missions and at the same time we also have commercial providers that are coming in and becoming part of the space economy. 58

This space economy is in many ways the latest form of the space race Low earth orbit. 59

The space occupied by the I S s is defined by NASA as the area and Earth's orbit close enough for easy transportation, resupply and communication. 60

Low Earth orbit gives you access to a place where gravity is no longer a dominant force like it is on Earth. 61

It also is a place where you can potentially harness laws of physics in ways you can't on Earth to make products or other things that can't be produced here. 62

If you're gonna have an economy in space, you gotta have supply and demand, and you have to have the research capabilities that a lot of small companies are now providing. 63

Some commercial companies like Space Tango, which facilitates manufacturing and research and microgravity, already have a presence on board the I S s, while others have designs on starting their own on the I S s. 64

Now government is the landlord, if you will. 65

We were on the platform with our partners. 66

That's not sustainable in the long run, because we have exploration goals. 67

So we need to turn low Earth orbit over to the commercial sector and then we become a customer in the last year. 68

So NASA has pivoted to starting to enable companies to learn that they can actually produce something in space. 69

NASA took a big step in that direction last month with the announcement that private astronauts with approved research projects can pay their way on to the I S S and companies can bid to you support on the station. 70

More and more, it seems, Theo, human presence in low Earth orbit is set to expand in ways we've never seen before. 71

Rachel Crane, CNN reporting. 72

We've heard of cat cafes, Dog Cafe is even rabbit cafes and this one looks pretty unusual just based on the art outside. 73

But to actually share a cup of coffee with a raccoon like alive, awake raccoon that you can pet. 74

Now that's something I opening. 75

This business is in Ukraine. 76

It's called Raccoon Cafe. 77

Of course, it features animals that have been socialized since they were babies, and it's so popular that the wait to get in is as long as half a Knauer. 78

Now, some would not turn away from the very idea might not make a lot of sense to have a cup of Joe with the caffeine. 79

Some would rather wear them than share with them. 80

And that's a ringtail for another day. 81

But if you wreck, OU didn't resist the idea of making the moke of an opportunity. 82

One man's past is another man's pleasure. 83

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