Amazon Fires 2026: What the Data Actually Shows | RainViewer Blog

TL;DR: No two Amazon fire seasons are the same: the seasonal pattern repeats, but the intensity depends on factors that go beyond the calendar. Most fire hotspots concentrate in the arc of deforestation, the southern and eastern belt of the Legal Amazon El Nino years bring more severe drought, making the vegetation more flammable Intact primary forest resists fire far better than areas already fragmented by clearing One year’s deforestation feeds the next year’s fire risk Satellite data detects heat hotspots, but does not distinguish legal burning from illegal clearing Not every fire in the Am