Climate science and solutions

Firefighters test out new tool as Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands burn

Record-setting wildfires are raging in the Pantanal region in Brazil. In a densely vegetated rural area the size of England, it can be hard for firefighters to find and reach the blazes to combat them. That’s why one nonprofit is training local fighters to use drones to pinpoint the exact location and size of fires, and scope out roads to reach them. 

Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal becoming more likely because of climate change