One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of the main ways humans get rid of trees. Burning trees also makes the forest ...

In the Amazon, fire outbreaks grew out of control even amid a sharp reduction in deforestation rates, indicating deforesters are relying on fire as a new technique to clear land. Experts are ...

While California fires present the problem of urban encroachment into wilderness areas, most Metro Detroiters wouldn't consider living in such a scenario. However, metro Detroit is surrounded with ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...

Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

February 2024 saw a wildfire that devastated Chile's largest botanical garden. Considered the deadliest in Chile's recent ...

deforestation with vegetation and areas of illegal mining, in addition to the degradation process in different intensities, traces of fire and selective cuts. The system is key in the Strategy for ...

"The relationship between the fire outbreak and the smoke travelling ... The researchers wanted to understand what impact deforestation policy changes might have on health outcomes in the Amazon.