The world's largest tropical wetland is under threat, with scientists warning that devastating wildfires and a proposed commercial waterway could spell the "end of an entire biome". "Nowhere else ...

For now, the Pantanal is relatively intact, sustaining more than 270 communities—1.5 million people—in addition to its flora and fauna, and helping to stabilize the climate throughout the region and ...

The threat of climate change is everywhere, though, with drier conditions in the Pantanal wetlands leading to wildfires that have devastated surrounding areas. Though some recovery has occurred ...

Scientists said the Pantanal fires had been “40% more intense due to climate change.” Satellite images monitored by the Brazilian environmental institute MapBiomas showed in June that the ...