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2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.
In 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced severe wildfires and drought, highlighting climate challenges and leading to increased focus on conservation and Indigenous rights.
A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in the Amazon rainforest since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires ...
FILE - Aerial image of an area of deforested Amazon rainforest covered in smoke from an illegal fire in the municipality of Cujubim, Rondonia State, northern Brazil, Aug. 20, 2024. Wildfires and ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...