Amazon Rainforest Emits 1.17 Billion Metric Tons More CO₂ Annually

• From 2010 to 2024, the Amazon rainforest emitted 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.
• The forest's absorption capacity was 300 million metric tons per year.
• Fifteen years of atmospheric CO2 measurements show that the Amazon carbon sink is weakening, with fires, deforestation and climate stress driving increasingly high carbon emissions.
• Human actions, such as deforestation, and natural events like droughts, have amplified the carbon emissions in the Amazon.