2015-2016 El Niño caused 2.5 billion trees to die in just 1% of the Amazon

Mongabay
Aug 16, 2021, 6:30 am267 pts
The great drought and megafires that the Amazon experienced in recent years caused the death of 2.5 billion trees and vines in the Lower Tapajós River Basin, one of the most biologically rich regions of the Amazon and home to a large number of Indigenous groups and traditional river communities. This…

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