{
  "id": 16074343,
  "title": "Wildfires cause Amazon to emit 1.17 billion more metric tons of CO₂ than it absorbs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/wildfires-cause-amazon-to-emit-1-17-billion-more-metric-tons-of-co2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-wildfires-amazon-emit-billion-metric.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From 2010 to 2024, the Amazon rainforest—the largest tropical rainforest on the planet—released an average of 1.17 billion metric tons more carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere than it absorbed each year. Wildfires were the main source, emitting approximately 1.47 billion metric tons of CO₂ per year—far exceeding the forest's absorption capacity of 300 million metric tons per year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}