Historic Wildfires Fueled by Climate Change Devastate Brazil

Catastrophic wildfires are currently ravaging Brazil, further exacerbated by climate change. Last month, the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest reached over 38,000, the highest number since 2010. Amidst extreme heat and a record-breaking drought, 2024 is shaping up to be the worst year for Amazon fires in the past two decades.

In the first seven months of this year, the Brazilian Amazon saw a 76% increase in fire hotspots compared to 2023 during the same period. Locals have already seen the rainforest shrink by around 20%. Furthermore, fires in the Pantanal wetlands have been 40% more intense due to climate change, a recent report showed.

While not entirely uncommon for the dry season, this year’s record number of wildfires across the South American country were only made possible through worsening climate change. Locals say that “forests in the Amazon, even if they sat on sandy soils and seasonally dry areas, [...] would not burn unless there had been some kind of human disturbance.”

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