Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged

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Forests around the world disappeared at a rate of 18 soccer fields every minute, a global survey found. Fires accounted for nearly half of the losses By Hiroko Tabuchi and Harry Stevens in the New York Times on May 22, 2025.

Burning rainforest in Brazil Image: NASA Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.