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A Brazilian study identified more than 74,000 active fires in the period. They were not mainly due to extreme drought, the foremost cause of the spate of forest fires seen in 2010. Half of the Amazon is typically vulnerable to fire in the two-month period analyzed. Human action was the main cause of the recent destruction (photo: Gabriel de Oliveira/University of South Alabama)

Number of fires in Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was highest since 2010

by Agência FAPESP February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

By Ricardo Muniz | Agência FAPESP – The number of active fires recorded in the Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was the highest since 2010, according to an article published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Besides the record number of fires (74,398), the researchers found they were due not to extreme drought, as in 2010, […]

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