A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires since 2005. And those fires contributed to ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

And those fires contributed to deforestation ... Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in the Amazon rainforest since 2005. And those fires ...