What is causing Brazil's wildfires?

Brazil's wildfires have doubled since last year, causing severe damage to the Amazon rainforest. But what conditions are causing these fires, and what will happen if the rainforest reaches its tipping point? Weathered: Earth's Extremes host Maiya May explains more.

[stevenanderson]

Also the death of a atmospheric river 😭

[jessebob]

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[TheQwuilleran]

Could the smoke (and temperature flux) caused by these fires contribute to Gulf storm formation?

[krystleyoung]

I love your series but I think you need to go harder on the causes of deforestation. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation. David Attenborough states it many times in his Planet Earth III series. We need to switch to a more plant based diet or people will suffer.

[polymathica]

I love this channel so much. It is profoundly depressing, but it puts things into perspective. My kid may be failing school, but coral reefs are dying at an unprecedented rate. Israel and Palestine are murdering each other’s people, but the Lungs of the Earth are burning.

[kal]

But I thought they were doing that on purpose bc they didn't care about the rainforest they only cared about their profits from growing crops on that land. Now it's so hot it's burning their crops ... oh well....

[UnaKing-khjq]

Please convert miles into acres. It gives us a better size sense.

[framework-du]

Worst case scenario: end of the world party. 🙄

[mboiko]

Meanwhile, China is building 2 new Coal Power Plants PER WEEK...and little is said about them.
"China is approving the equivalent of TWO NEW coal plants a WEEK...China is surging ahead with coal, a new report shows, rapidly approving and building new power plants despite its own promises to cut back on carbon as the world plunges ever deeper into the climate crisis." - CNN

[jamesmatheson]

People growing cocaine one possible way that we could stop this is by making inflatable artificial mountains and telling people to grow cocaine on top of the inflatable artificial mountains

[greasyviking]

The world has been doing this on its own without us for billions of years. The Sahara dessert was once the largest rain forest on earth way before the first car and it naturally became the worlds largest desert. To think this problem is man made and can be man repaired is asinine.

[GreenPoint_one]

Its sad to see the world go bad in some parts of earth but Im kinda curious what the new world is gonna be 😆

[mustbetrippin]

The planet is shifting not just the climate. lol Ppl try to say that it's all because of what man is doing, no it's the universe following it's natural cycle.

[kicktree]

it is all pretty much normal for that one active volcano emits more "global warming" gases than humans in an entire year.... Maybe some concern... but it is mostly fearporn....

[mollyfernlund]

Nah, the world has cyclical weather patterns.... chill