Venezuela battles record wildfires worsened by Amazon drought

2024-04-02T14:43+0200saudigazette (en)

CARACAS — Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region, Reuters reported. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-02T11:23+0200GulfDailyNews (en)

Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-02T10:29+0200AsiaOne (en)

SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela — Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday (April 1), as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the....

Record Wildfires Hit Venezuela during Climate-Driven Amazon Drought 02 Apr, 2024 09:03

2024-04-02T10:24+0200chronicle-lu (en)

Venezuela ravaged by record fires amid climate-driven Amazon drought; Credit: Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria. SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday 1 April 2024, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region.

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-02T09:20+0200bna-en (en)

Sao Paulo, Apr. 2 (BNA): Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-02T07:50+0200marianasvariety (en)

SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) — Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during Amazon drought

2024-04-02T04:55+0200chinadailyhk (en)

A government helicopter sprays dust during a wildfire at El Avila hill in Caracas, on April 2, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region.

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-02T03:50+02004-traders (en)

Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records started in 1999, according to Brazil 's Inpe research agency, which monitors all of South America. That includes fires in the Amazon, as well as the country's other forests and grasslands.

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-01T21:01+0200stabroeknews (en)

SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released today, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-01T20:19+0200saltwire (en)

By Jake Spring, Mircely Guanipa and Maria Ramirez. SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region.

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during Amazon drought

2024-04-01T20:00+0200bdnews24 (en)

Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-01T19:42+0200straitstimesSG (en)

SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level....

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-01T19:29+0200streetinsider (en)

Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records started in 1999, according to Brazil 's Inpe research agency, which monitors all of South America. That includes fires in the Amazon, as well as the country's other forests and grasslands.

Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

2024-04-01T19:29+0200devdiscourse (en)

By Jake Spring, Mircely Guanipa and Maria Ramirez SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela, April 1 (Reuters) - V enezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region.

Agricultural physicist worked at NASA and today teaches at the best university in South America: know his story

2024-03-26T13:58+0100ruetir (en)

Climate change is a topic of great relevance today and its study is crucial to understanding the environmental challenges facing the world. In this context, the contribution of scientists from South America is fundamental. One of them is José Marengo, a Peruvian meteorologist graduated from the....

Haiti: Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 22 March 2024

2024-03-23T13:13+0100humanitarianresponse (en)

HAITI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS. While gang violence continues to escalate in Port-auPrince, insecurity and roadblocks are impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid. On 20 March, the World Food Programme (WFP) were only able to reach 10 out of 14 IDP sites, and on 21 March obstacles in accessing three....

Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 22 March 2024

2024-03-22T23:17+0100reliefWeb (en)

HAITI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS. While gang violence continues to escalate in Port-auPrince, insecurity and roadblocks are impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid. On 20 March, the World Food Programme (WFP) were only able to reach 10 out of 14 IDP sites, and on 21 March obstacles in accessing three....

Forte di Bard: “Non c’è più tempo”, L’emergenza climatica nelle immagini dell’Agence France-Presse

2024-03-21T21:45+0100agenparl (it)

A boy walks out of the sea while removing oil spilled on Itapuama beach located in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil , on October 21, 2019. Large blobs of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil began appearing in early September and have now turned up along a 2,000km stretch of the Atlantic coastline.

Forecasting wildfires: How meteorologists are fighting forest fires in South America

2024-03-21T10:33+0100yourweather (en)

Forecasting wildfires: How meteorologists are fighting forest fires in South America. On the UN’s International Day of Forests, Meteored takes a look at how wildfires are being prevented in protected areas of Latin America. Wildfires have destroyed large areas of Brazil ian forest 21/03/2024 07:00 3 min.

Climate crisis everywhere, all at once: Record-breaking temperature in 10 countries across 4 continents

2024-03-20T06:19+0100downtoearth (en)

Almost every day over the last nine months, Indonesia has broken national records. The record-breaking temperatures continued on March 19, 2024, when many stations reported their warmest March night on record. At the same time, temperature in Putussibau, one of the towns in West Kalimantan Province, surpassed its previous March heat record.

Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas

2024-03-18T21:51+0100mongabay (en)

Record-breaking fires have flared up across the Amazonian state of Roraima, in northern Brazil , amid one of the worst droughts in 25 years. The number of hotspots in the state this past February alone hit an all-time high of 2,057, according to the Queimadas program run by INPE, Brazil’s space agency.

Up to 62.3 degrees Celsius felt in Rio, a record

2024-03-18T13:52+0100thesaxon (en)

Photo: Tercio Teixeira Agence France-Presse The beaches of Rio de Janeiro were packed with people on Sunday. France Media Agency in Rio de Janeiro. 07:38 Americas The heat wave that has affected South America since the start of the year caused the temperature felt to rise this weekend to a record level of 62.

Argentine resistance hinders Milei’s forest and glacier destruction

2024-03-14T19:34+0100globalvoicesonline (en)

This article was written by and published in Climate Home News on February 13, 2024. An edited version is republished by Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. Argentina’s new free-market president Javier Milei is pushing for a rollback in environmental regulation, endangering forests and glaciers.

Science recognizes new species of giant snake: Northern green anaconda

2024-03-10T20:07+0100haaretz (en)

"Our team received a rare invitation from the Waorani people to explore the region and collect samples from a population of anacondas, rumored to be the largest in existence," Fry explained in a statement. "The indigenous hunters took us into the jungle on a 10-day expedition to search for these snakes, which they consider sacred.

Amazon Wildfires Could Become 'More Flammable' Due to Severe Drought and El Nino Phenomenon

2024-03-10T11:09+0100natureworldnews (en)

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in South America have increased in previous years and they could intensify and become longer. According to the Brazil ian government, drought in the Amazon jungle has already affected agricultural production areas. Meanwhile, the El Nino phenomenon is causing....