Image: A map of the Amazon region showcasing newly identified large-scale forest degradation in 2024, chiefly caused by fires. The map also illustrates national trends in deforestation, degradation, and fire occurrences from 2022 to 2024 (image source: Bourgoin et al., 2025). Credit: Bourgoin et al. Scientists at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre have released a detailed report highlighting the Amazon’s most destructive fire season in more than twenty years. The extreme fire