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1National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, São José dos Campos, Brazil
2Graduate Program in Natural Disasters, UNESP/CEMADEN, State University of São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Brazil
3State of São Paulo Secretary of Infrastructure and Environment, São Paulo, Brazil
4CPTEC/INPE-Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies/National Institute for Space Research, São Paulo, Brazil
5Paula Souza State Technological Education Center, São Paulo, Brazil
The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world s largest wetlands. Since 2019, the Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and subsequent fires have engulfed hundreds of thousands of hectares. The lack of rainfall during the summers of 2019 and 2020 was caused by reduced transport of warm and humid summer air from Amazonia into the Pantanal. Instead, a predominance of warmer and drier air masses from subtropical latitudes contributed to a
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Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020 AFP 1/3/2021 AFP © Lula SAMPAIO Burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Brazil, in 2019 the number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent in 2020
The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to add to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro s government over the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. © Carl DE SOUZA There were a total of 222,798 wildfires across Brazil in 2020, the highest number since 2010, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE
There were a total of 222,798 wildfires across Brazil in 2020, the highest number since 2010, according to the Brazilian space agency, INPE.
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