Amazon rainforest fires 2022: Facts, causes, and climate impacts. There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon. Last month, fires spread from the Amazon to Brasília and São Paulo. Flights were grounded and schools shut down.So deforestation is decreasing while fires are on the rise. What’s going on? The Brazilian authorities have attributed the alarming rise in forest fires to global heating and the El Niño weather pattern, which both exacerbated early-year droughts whose effects are still being felt. However, experts suspect human activity could also be a key driver.A recent analysis by the Amazon Environment Research Institute, an NGO, shows that a vast majority of the fires in August occurred in agricultural areas, raising suspicion among environmentalists that some of the activity may have been intentional.

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