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"The Brazilian meteorological agency warned last week that the El Ninõ will delay the onset of the Amazonian rainy season, raise temperatures, deplete rivers and intensify fire risks.

This is a cause of global alarm because the world’s greatest tropical rainforest is an important climate regulator that draws down carbon dioxide and distributes cool, moist air across South America and far beyond. It acts like a heart, but pumping water instead of blood, according to the scientist, Antonio Nobre, When the Amazon weakens, the entire world suffers.

The timing of the El Niño could hardly be worse. Scientists and indigenous residents warned the Amazon is still struggling to recover from the devastation caused during the last El Niño year in 2023-24, which left some of the world’s greatest rivers at record low levels, prompted unprecedented fire outbreaks and caused mass deaths of dolphins and fish.

With a third of the Amazon now degraded by farming, mining and human-caused climate disruption, the forest is now more flammable and vulnerable to “megafires,” raising concerns that many parts may tip beyond the point of no return."

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