New satellite images published by the European Space Agency show an increase in air pollution in the Brazilian Amazon while fires burned in the region last month.<br />''<br />''Several maps showed more carbon monoxide and other pollutants in August than in the previous month, when there were fewer fires. The agency said, fires released carbon dioxide once stored in the Amazon forests back into the atmosphere, potentially having an impact on the global climate and health.<br />''<br />''Burning continues in the Amazon despite a 60-day ban on land-clearing fires that was announced last month by President Jair Bolsonaro. Data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research showed the number of fires in all of Brazil has surpassed 1 Lakh so far this year, up by 45 percent compared to the same period in 2018. <br />