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Ancient fires may be helping the Amazon survive droughts – modern ones, not so much

2023-03-27T19:36+0200

Ancient forest fires seem to have played a role in enhancing resistance to drought in the Amazon, a recent study suggests. The research, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , focused on areas without known recent fires, but with high concentrations of pyrogenic carbon (PyC), a....

Equip staff to control forest fires

2023-03-20T23:17+0100

Soaring temperatures have increased the duration of fire season, and there is growing evidence for more frequent and severe wildfires, causing the release of more carbon soaked up in the trees and organic soil. A new study reported in the journal Science reveals that the emissions from wildfires in....

Indigenous Amazon forests absorb noxious fumes and prevent diseases from wildfires, study suggests

2023-04-12T01:56+0200

A new decade-long study estimates forests in Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon can potentially prevent about 15 million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular infections each year by absorbing thousands of tons of dangerous pollutants emitted by forest fires.

Amazon conservation prevents 15 million cases each year

2023-04-12T18:16+0200

Every hectare of forest burned causes the spread of diseases that cost at least $15 million to treat, and an estimated <> million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases each year cost Brazil's healthcare system alone $<> billion, according to a new study.