
Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study
11 August 2024 – By the Climate Centre Climate change made the hot, dry, windy conditions that supercharged catastrophic Pantanal wildfires in June 40 per cent more intense and up to five times more likely, a new WWA rapid analysis released Thursday has concluded. The Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetland – usually floods from November to April during the rainy season, then drains from May … Continue reading Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study