Quentin Septer is a freelance science journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. His writing has appeared in The Gazette, The Boulder Weekly, the Earth Island Journal, and Scientific American. He is also the author of Where Land Becomes Sky: Life and Death Along the Colorado Trail.
The Amazon may experience unprecedented wildfires this year that could severely damage its vital ecosystems, experts have warned.
The Amazon Rainforest is among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. It is home to 10% of the planet's terrestrial biodiversity and plays a vital role in stabilizing both local and global climates. But the region is under increasing threat from warming, deforestation, droughts and wildfires. Two such models are NASA's GEOS S2S forecast and Land Data Assimilation System , said Benjamin Zaitchik, a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Zaitchik and his team use these models — along with remote sensing satellites — to monitor ongoing weather conditions, such as temperature and rainfall.
The northern Amazon fire season normally peaks in March. Forecasts for 2024 indicate that very warm and likely dry conditions will continue through to AprilRELATED STORIES—Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn—Amazon nears 'tipping point' where rainforest could transform into savanna
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