Amazon rainforest fires 2022: Facts, causes, and climate impacts
Sep 5, 2022 · Deforestation and fires are linked. They are intertwined threats to the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities in the Amazon, to the biodiversity of the forest, and to the global climate.
Amazon Fires Are Soaring Again – but Forest Loss Is Down.
Sep 12, 2024 · The Amazon rainforest is facing its most devastating fires in 20 years, threatening not only the forests and the climate, but the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous communities. HOW YOU CAN HELP TAKE ACTION
Megafires are spreading in the Amazon - Conservation news
Feb 22, 2024 · Scientists say the rainforest is becoming increasingly flammable, even in areas not directly related to deforestation; fire is now spreading faster and higher, reaching more than 10 meters (32 ...
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging.
Mar 9, 2024 · The fires in the Amazon, which reaches across nine South American nations, are the result of an extreme drought fueled by climate change, experts said.
'Out of control' fires ravage the Amazon region - ABC News
Sep 10, 2024 · Wildfires in the Amazon are choking swaths of South America with smoke, leading to evacuations, school closures, canceled flights and a threat to plant and animal life.
The Fires That Could Reshape the Amazon - The New York Times
Sep 17, 2024 · Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems like the Amazon.
Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon …
Mar 11, 2024 · Real-time satellite monitoring shows that so far in 2024, more than 10,000 wildfires have ripped across 11,000 square kilometers of the Amazon, across multiple countries. Never have this many...
Amazon's record forest fires hit Brazil's indigenous communities
The Amazon has had its worst forest fires in two decades. More than 62,000 square kilometres have been burned this year already – an area bigger than countries like Sri Lanka or Costa Rica.
Thousands of Fires Are Burning in the Drought-Wracked Amazon
Sep 20, 2024 · Hot, dry conditions have fueled an unusually destructive fire season in Brazil, spiking carbon emissions. A fire in the Amazon rainforest near the municipality of Labrea, Brazil, on Sept. 4...
Early Wildfires in Brazil Threaten Pantanal Wetlands and Cerrado ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Hundreds of fires are also engulfing parts of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change because it captures and stores huge amounts of heat-trapping gases.