Published March 28, 2024
Drought and heat have fueled unusually high numbers of fires in the South American country during the first three months of 2024.
Related images:
Published March 1, 2024
Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder.
Related images:
Published October 9, 2023
Indigenous people are protecting carbon-rich forests in South America, and satellites are helping.
Related images:
Published October 25, 2022
A remote oil and logging road first established in eastern Peru in the 1980s has become a hub for forest clearing.
Related images:
Published August 11, 2021
Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.
Related images:
Published June 16, 2021
Researchers have created a satellite-based tool to help officials identify new activity.
Related images:
Published June 1, 2021
An analysis of geostationary satellite data found a 10 to 15 percent increase in greening around the rainforest during the dry season.
Related images:
Published February 19, 2021
Large numbers of deforestation-related fires burned in the Amazon rainforest, while uncontrolled wildfires blazed in savanna and grassland ecosystems in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Related images:
Published February 7, 2021
Gold mining pits line the rivers and cut into the rainforest.
Related images:
Published August 19, 2020
Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.
Related images:
Published March 3, 2020
The reality of science, statistics, and satellites is that a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and severity of a fire season takes time.
Related images:
Published December 19, 2019
Satellites have played a key role in monitoring and reducing the rate of deforestation in the rainforest.
Related images: