NASA scientists use LIS and NASA satellite datasets to show how human activities and cattle grazing helped set the stage for extreme fire years that occurred under a prolonged drought in the Pantanal region of South America, where one of the largest freshwater wetlands is found.

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Main reference of the recently published article:

Kumar, S.V., A. Getirana, R. Libonati, C. Hain, S. Mahanama, N. Andela 2022: Changes in land use enhance the sensitivity of tropical ecosystems to fire-climate extremes, Sci. Rep 12, 964, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05130-0.