Fires caused by climate change led to the fact that in 2024 global dexterity reached the highest level in the history of observations.
According to data received by the University of Maryland and published in the magazine “Global Forest Watch”, in 2024 the global losses of forests reached a record level due to an increase in the number of fires.
The losses of tropical virgin forests almost doubled compared to 2023 and reached 6.7 million hectares.
For the first time in 2024, fires, not agriculture, became the main reason for the loss of forests. The fires caused by a change in the climate were almost half of the total loss of forests.
As a result of fires, 4.1 gigatons of greenhouse gases were thrown into the atmosphere, which is more than four times higher than emissions from air travel.
Fires worsened the quality of the air, destroyed water resources and threatened the existence of millions of people.
In 2023, the area of destruction of forests in the world increased by 5 percent and reached 30 million hectares, which is almost equal to the area of Italy.
“This is a global alarm,” said the researcher Elizabeth Goldman, co -director of the Global Forest Watch, calling for collective action.