Publication Date January 30, 2017 | Mongabay Environmental News

Record heat and drought seen in Amazon during 2015-16 El Niño

Brazil

The team found that not only was 2015 likely the hottest year for the Amazon since 1900 —1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than during the 1997-98 El Niño — but also that the area of the Amazon experiencing extreme drought was about 20 percent larger than ever seen before.