Thursday, 22 August 2024.
“Pantanal” is a phrase that comes from the unique in Portuguese, “pântano”, that means wetland.
In accordance with Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Pantanal, floodplain in south-central Brazil that extends into northeast Paraguay and southeast Bolivia. It lies mainly within the Brazilian estados (states) of Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest freshwater wetlands, and the extent of its seasonally dynamic area is estimated to be from 54,000 square miles (140,000 square km) to 81,000 square miles (210,000 square km). The wetlands extend for about 375 miles (600 km) north-to-south along the banks of the upper Paraguay River and several of its tributaries, including the São Lourenço and the Taquari rivers”. Click here to read more at te source.
El Niño and extreme droughts are threatening the area 12 months after 12 months, specifically throughout winter, mid-year within the Southern Hemisphere.
And the wildfires that comes with that, much like Canada, United States, Greece, Spain, Chile and Australia as you possibly can recall within the article “2023: A year of intense global wildfire activity” from Copernicus, “Europe’s eyes on Earth”.
Pantanal is – sadly – additionally on the worldwide headlines:
Amongst a number of different undesirable penalties, air over a big a part of Brazil will get smoky, with impacts to life, together with by means of enhanced enterprise dangers.
Non-public roads operators, for instance.
Which means satellites and meteorology have gotten a part of extra companies, including a dramatic real-time characteristic to enterprise threat administration.
Lastly, click on on the picture beneath for the common bulletins by the Brazilian Authorities in regards to the Pantanal fires.
