The Amazon Basin is experiencing climate change, altered hydrological cycles, and forest loss. The processes causing increased fires are complex, and therefore cannot be attributed to climate change or human-induced deforestation alone. Here, we show why the Amazon fires must be understood across spatial scales within the regional coupled system.
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