Map of South America showing the change in the number of days of simultaneous heat, dryness, and fire risk between the periods 1971–2000 and 2001–2022. This is Fig 1a from the published paper.

It's hard to wrap your arms around everything that happened 2019 in Latin America and the Caribbean. It's even harder to find any good news — from the violent political unrest that rocked ...

By Astrid Arellano As Los Angeles faced unprecedented fires razing entire neighborhoods in late January, Latin America was not spared either. In Argentinian Patagonia, fires have destroyed more ...

Heat waves, wildfires and even sandstorms swept through the region in 2021, with 75,000 fire outbreaks occurring in the Brazilian Amazon alone.

Real-time interactive map of every fire in America . by Karina Mazhukhina / KOMONews.com . Fri, August 10th 2018 at 3:53 PM. Updated Mon, August 13th 2018 at 12:12 PM. 5. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

Over 346,000 fire hotspots recorded in South America this year, surpassing 2007 record Brazil and Bolivia deploy thousands of firefighters, struggle against extreme weather Smoke from fires ...

For the first time, fire, not agriculture, was the primary driver of primary tropical forest loss, with Latin America badly hit. Non-fire related tropical forest loss also increased, by 14%.

In a world aflame with protest, Latin America stands out as a raging ten-alarm fire. From Bolivia to Ecuador, Haiti to Honduras, the closing months of 2019 have seen enormous, sometimes violent ...

The National Museum, seen from above, after the overnight fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ASSOCIATED PRESS. A towering inferno of smoke and flames dominated the Rio de Janeiro skyline on Sunday ...