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The Recount

@therecount

Sep 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands, the world’s largest, have been burning for months. An area larger than New York City has been destroyed.

But this is not unique. Fires are charring land worldwide at an unprecedented rate — and climate change is fueling the flames. (AP/André Penner)

The Brazilian Pantanal is one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth.

This fire season has been the worst in its recorded history.
theguardian.com/environment/ga…

Way back in January (which, we know, feels like a lifetime ago), Australia had its own record-breaking fire season.

Thousands had to be evacuated. Thousands of buildings were burned.
nytimes.com/2020/01/02/wor…

Earlier this week in the western U.S., the sky was orange and the air was thick with smoke.

This unprecedented fire season has already shattered records — with two months left to go.

Even the Arctic is burning. In Siberia, warming global temperatures paved the way for the fire season to kick off two months early.

This is the second record-breaking year in a row, burning in far-north areas scientists considered to be “fire-resistant.”
nature.com/articles/d4158…

As Gov. Newsom (D-CA) says, California's landscape is just "America fast forward" — and scientists agree fire risk will only increase due to climate change.

Just how much will depend not only on our individual actions, but on our government’s.

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