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Enormous wildfire tears through world’s largest tropical wetland. Then camera traps capture something odd

Enormous wildfire tears through world’s largest tropical wetland. Then camera traps capture something odd

In 2020, a huge wildfire struck the Brazilian Pantanal – the largest tropical wetland area in the world. Driven by extreme drought, high temperatures and human activities, the blaze cut through more than 44,515km² of habitat and killed an estimated 17 million vertebrates. Yet, despite the devastation, a new study published in Global Change Biology has found that, once the fire …

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