Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 22 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5841 ha) in Brazil 22 Mar 2023

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Articles after 21 Mar 2023

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

2023-03-27T19:36+0200mongabay (en)

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+0100deccanherald (en)

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....

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