South America is getting warmer and drier. This also implies a greater propensity for forest fires. In 2024, the region set several negative records in this regard.
A recent study led by the University of Santiago de Chile demonstrates these...
Despite the tireless efforts to stop the fire, the fires in Patagonia continue to advance. Specifically, in Lanín National Park in Neuquén and in Nahuel Huapi in Río Negro they persist.
On the other hand, in El Bolsón, the fires...
Fires in the Patagonia do not give respite. The firefighters continue working tirelessly in the affected provinces, but the devastated areas raise the figures.
In the Parque Nacional Lanín, in the Valle Magdalena, the flames affected more than 22,131 hectares,...
In the midst of the crisis caused by the forest fires in various parts of the country, the Undersecretary of Environment of the Nation, Ana Lamas, resigned. This decision is attributed to "personal reasons" and "exhaustion".
The decision comes after...
A woman was arrested for the fire at Estancia Amancay and, after the investigation, she was sentenced to 60 days of preventive detention. The woman in question is Victoria Dolores Núñez Fernández, who will serve her sentence in Esquel.
Prosecutor...
Forest fires in Neuquén, Río Negro, and Chubut are severely affecting two National Parks and have already devastated more than 37,000 hectares of forests and homes, an area equivalent to twice the size of the city of Buenos Aires.
Greenpeace...
The fires in Patagonia continue to be active despite the moments of relief brought by the rain in some areas, such as in El Bolsón. There are multiple fire outbreaks and firefighters are working on different fronts to extinguish...
After almost two weeks, hundreds of firefighters are still fighting against the fires in El Bolsón at this time. The situation is not improving and it has already caused the death of one person, as well as 1000 evacuees...
While the fires in Patagonia still cannot be controlled, wildfires in Corrientes are also spreading. In this province, which is going through a season of droughts and a strong heatwave, around 100 thousand hectares have already been burned.
This was...
The fires in Patagonia, which have been burning in multiple areas since December and mobilizing hundreds of firefighters, have now reached a surface of over 25,000 hectares.
So far, they have claimed one fatality and left a hundred houses burned...
