In Brazil, Wildfires Roar Across the Pantanal as Rare Wildlife Dies ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Wildfires are laying waste to Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland and one of the most important biodiversity sanctuaries on the planet.
Early Wildfires in Brazil Threaten Pantanal Wetlands and Cerrado ...
WEBJul 12, 2024 · A fire burning in late June along the banks of the Paraguay River in the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, where fires this year have burned an area about the size of Phoenix.
Brazil Pantanal Scorched by Fires - The New York Times
WEBSep 4, 2020 · The blazes in Brazil, often intentionally set, have scorched a record-setting 10 percent of the Pantanal, one of the most biologically diverse habitats on the planet.
It’s a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal - The New York ...
WEBOct 18, 2011 · The Transpantaneira Highway, despite its grand name, is an unfinished dirt road running 90 or so miles from the Brazilian town of Poconé into the Pantanal, a vast wetlands many consider South...
The Fires That Could Reshape the Amazon - The New York Times
WEB4 days ago · By Manuela Andreoni. Sept. 17, 2024. Large parts of Brazil, a country that holds over a tenth of the world’s fresh water, are on fire. They include vast areas of the Amazon rainforest and the ...
The World’s Largest Tropical Wetland Has Become an Inferno
WEBOct 13, 2020 · This year, roughly a quarter of the vast Pantanal wetland in Brazil, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, has burned in wildfires worsened by climate change.
Understanding the New Era of Fire - The New York Times
WEBJul 30, 2024 · And now, the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, between Brazil and Bolivia, is also experiencing a record number of fires. A pyrocumulus cloud rising from the Park fire along ...
Tropical Forest Destruction Accelerated in 2020 - The New York Times
WEBMar 31, 2021 · But this year the Pantanal, the enormous wetlands region in the southern part of the country, which also covers parts of Bolivia and Paraguay, contributed greatly to the losses.
From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come
WEBMay 10, 2024 · This fast-paced warming has already made wetlands more prone to fire: The Pantanal region of South America, 42 million acres of tropical wetland, has begun seasonally burning at alarming rates ...
Brazil Wavers on Environment, and Earth’s Largest Wetland …
WEBDec 23, 2017 · The degradation of the Pantanal region, one of the richest wildlife havens on the planet, is seen by critics as a sign of Brazil’s weakening resolve to protect its environment.