Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...

But even if there was a sure-fire way of knowing which products caused deforestation, this shouldn’t be a choice we have to make. No-one should have to check if the food they are buying is causing the ...

“It’s important to understand the causes well enough to ensure ... forcing progressive deforestation,” Alencar said. In 2024, fire outbreaks spread throughout the Amazon, Pantanal and ...

Deforestation of the Amazon has led to a reduction in rainfall in Brazil, throwing the ecosystem off balance and causing a loop of ... culprit behind the extended fire season, Guachalla said.

The likely cause was ... growth and deforestation, the ascending lines follow a strikingly similar trajectory. Since the emergence of agriculture, humans have deliberately set fire to forests ...