Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon. In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 1.9 million acres — almost …
POCONE, BRAZIL — Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands earlier this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon. A jaguar rests in an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas park in the …
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CNN — The world watched as California and the Amazon went up in flames this year, but the largest tropical wetland on earth has been ablaze for months, largely unnoticed by the outside world. “It is vital that it as much attention as the Amazon.” Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research has detected more than 21,200 fires in the Pantanal …