Amazon wildfires could burn at unprecedented scale as El Niño and drought make rainforest 'more flammable'
When you buy through link on our web site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . The Amazon may have unprecedented wildfires this class that could hard damage its vital ecosystems , experts have warned . Record - high temperature , severe drought conditions and theEl Niñoweather phenomenon have combined to make theAmazon"more flammable , " Bernardo Flores , a investigator at Brazils Federal University of Santa Catarina , told Live Science ....