Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas

Mongabay
Mar 18, 2024, 3:27 pm211 pts
Record-breaking fires have flared up across the Amazonian state of Roraima, in northern Brazil, amid one of the worst droughts in 25 years. The number of hotspots in the state this past February alone hit an all-time high of 2,057, according to the Queimadas program run by INPE, Brazil’s space agency. Roraima…

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