In this picture taken in August, biologist Cristina Cuiabália Neves rides on top of a fire-fighting tanker truck in Sesc Pantanal, a privately owned natural heritage reserve of 108,000 hectares in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. “This year, in the first three months of the dry season, more than 50% of the land was damaged by flames, and the drier areas were burnt to the ground,” says Cuiabália Neves. “It was the worst scenario in 20 years.” (Nature | 3 min read)
Read more: ‘Apocalyptic’ fires are ravaging the world’s largest tropical wetland (Nature | 6 min read, from September)
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