The delicate ecosystem in the Amazon rainforest is threatened by drought.
A firefighter sprays water to fight a forest fire in the city of Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on Sept. 11, 2024.A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of the most important ecological systems in the world.
This aerial view shows smoke billowing from the forest at Pirituba neighborhood, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 13, 2024.A third of the fires are sparked by human-caused actions to clear land for agricultural purposes, according to experts. Deforestation and drought are contributing heavily to the wildfires, Rachael Garrett, a professor of conservation and development at the University of Cambridge, told ABC News.
There have been 180,000 fires this year in Brazil, with more than 7,000 occurring in just the past two days, according to the National Institute for Space Research,
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