Quentin Septer

Quentin Septer

Live Science Contributor

Quentin Septer is a freelance science journalist based in Bogotá, Colombia. His writing has appeared in The Gazette, The Boulder Weekly, the Earth Island Journal, and Scientific American. He is also the author of Where Land Becomes Sky: Life and Death Along the Colorado Trail.

Articles by: Quentin Septer

Flames and smoke curtain of a forest fire in the Brazilian Amazon.

Amazon wildfires could burn at unprecedented scale as El Niño and drought make rainforest 'more flammable'

By Quentin Septer published

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest normally peak in March, but this year they're expected to last through to April at least, with a huge uptick expected in the coming weeks, scientists have warned.