Greenhouse gas emissions from fires in Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul reached a record volume this year, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS).
According to data released this Monday (23), the fires in these two states have resulted in the highest volumes of emissions since Cams began monitoring this type of phenomenon, 22 years ago.
According to the European observatory, carbon emissions into the atmosphere from Brazil’s fires have reached 183 million tons this year, of which a third (65 million tons) were in September alone. As a result, emissions are following a similar path to the record set in 2007.
In Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul, emissions from fires this year reached 28 million and 15 million tons, respectively.
Also according to data released this Monday, emissions from fires in Bolivia in 2024 have already accumulated the highest volume in the last 22 years: 76 million tons.
In a statement, Cams reports that emissions have been consistently above average (even breaking national and regional records), mainly due to serious fires in the Pantanal and Amazon regions, severely impacting air quality throughout the region.
“The occurrence of these forest fires can be considered unusual, even considering that July-September is the period when forest fires normally occur in the region. The extremely high temperatures that South America has experienced in recent months, the prolonged drought indicated by low soil moisture and other climatological factors likely contributed to the large increase in the scale of fire emissions, smoke and impacts on air quality,” the note continues.
This content was originally published in Gas emissions from fires are record in Mato Grosso do Sul and Amazonas on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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