The devastating Pantanal wildfires were made at least four times more likely and 40% more intense by human-caused climate disruption, killing millions of animals and disrupting the entire ecosystem.
Extreme weather created a vast tinderbox in Pantanal with June being the driest, hottest, and windiest since observations began, making the fire-prone conditions 40% more intense.
If global heating reaches 2C, severe fire weather conditions in Pantanal would become twice as likely and 17% more intense, escalating the impact on both human and non-human residents of the area.
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