Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, the world's largest tropical wetland, are experiencing unprecedented wildfires. The fires have surged nearly tenfold this year, reaching the highest levels since 2020. The blazes are advancing toward the Bolivian border, exacerbated by a significant shortfall in rain that disrupted seasonal flooding. Firefighters are battling a 935% increase in wildfire outbreaks in the region. The fires have incinerated local wildlife, including snakes and monkeys, and have raised concerns among local residents about the impact on livelihoods and the environment. Experts warn that this year could surpass 2020 as the worst year for wildfires in the Pantanal's history. The fires are particularly severe in Mato Grosso do Sul state. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured images of wildfire smoke on June 9.
Record-breaking fires consume Brazil's Pantanal wetland https://t.co/jsYUkhGHyB
Unusually early and intense blazes spread over Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands recently. Drought helped the wildfires spread well before the region’s fire season typically begins. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of wildfire smoke on June 9. https://t.co/Nf4Gm3NTut https://t.co/LNimx8OPjS
Fires are tearing through the world’s largest tropical wetland in Brazil faster than ever before. After a shortfall of rain disrupted seasonal flooding, experts say this year could overtake 2020 as the Pantanal wetlands’ worst year for wildfires on record https://t.co/ry0XZ32afu https://t.co/QcUbVSalK3
With a veil of smoke engulfing the world's largest tropical wetland faster than ever before, Brazilian Fatima Brandao says she's worried about how the fire will impact people's livelihoods — and the animals that call the Pantanal wetlands home https://t.co/ry0XZ32afu https://t.co/Z1gEHf9yOu
An unprecedented wildfire in Brazil's Pantanal has alarmed local residents as the fires in the world's largest tropical wetlands have surged almost tenfold this year https://t.co/8sOwkrPujr https://t.co/myf9laSsJo
A large fire in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, has increased fears among local residents as wildfires have surged nearly tenfold so far this year https://t.co/8sOwkrOWtT https://t.co/i4KjXTVfP4
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The scorched carcasses of monkeys, snakes and caimans dot the charred expanses of the once-green Brazilian Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands. https://t.co/DYfq4gRHYc
Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have increased almost 10 times this year, reaching their highest levels since 2020. https://t.co/9i3KRCM5Af
Brazil's Pantanal wetlands face worst fires https://t.co/3IoOgk7D9q https://t.co/d8gbXWQv8P
Fires ravage Brazil wetlands, incinerating snakes and monkeys https://t.co/4G3NkYnHWe https://t.co/qOfvH3Mg6Q
🔥Fires in Brazil wetlands surge to record start in 2024 The number this year has already jumped tenfold from the same period in 2023 https://t.co/nuBGDIhvSY
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"It's time to open our eyes." Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have increased almost 10 times this year, reaching their highest levels since 2020. https://t.co/ip855y8d6l
Fires in Brazil wetlands surge to record start in 2024 https://t.co/jtqXs7NFAu https://t.co/TPgqeOkFZU
Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state, home to the Pantanal wetlands, is being ravaged by fires https://t.co/yqRoa1FFF5
🔵 FIRES IN BRAZIL WETLANDS SURGE TO RECORD START IN 2024 Full Story → https://t.co/uSTN52ITo7 As Jose Cleiton and Brandao Amilton ride their horses into the vastness of the Pantanal grassy wetlands of Brazil, a wall of smoke towers from the horizon far into the sky above. https://t.co/tY5tv8PPO4
Fishing guide Amilton Brandao says the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state should be flooded at this time of year. Instead, they're being ravaged by fires, part of a startling and dramatic increase from the previous year https://t.co/Sh7ZDdSEFX
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Fires in Brazil's wetlands have surged nearly tenfold this year to the highest levels since 2020. The figures are alarming as the region heads into the riskiest season for wildfires https://t.co/w64D3Gk1CO
Fires continued to ravage the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland in central western Brazil, video and drone footage showed, as the blaze gradually advances toward the Bolivian border having surged nearly tenfold https://t.co/svuF0WCTdx
Alarm as wildfires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have surged nearly tenfold so far this year to the highest levels since 2020 https://t.co/qIDqtko4NO
The world's largest tropical swamp is on fire Forest fires rage in the Pantanal, in western Brazil. The images are both mesmerizing and frightening. https://t.co/g12vPIryTO