"Amazon Megafires: Unprecedented Threat to Rainforest Ecosystem"

A punishing drought in the Amazon rainforest has led to scarce rains and created dry conditions for fires, resulting in hundreds of square miles of the rainforest burning as countries in the region battle a record number of fires fueled by extreme weather. The fires, a result of an extreme drought fueled by climate change, have turned the end of the dry season into a crisis, with firefighters struggling to contain enormous blazes that have sent choking smoke into cities across South America.