ISTANBUL The Amazon rainforest has recorded its most devastating fire season in more than two decades, with new research showing fire-related damage now surpassing deforestation as the top driver of carbon emissions in the region. A study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, published in the journal Biogeosciences, found that wildfires burned 3.3 million hectares of rainforest in 2024 alone, unleashing record carbon emissions and accelerating ecosystem degradation. Scientists