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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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New Expedition Aims To Find Out Which Is Longer, Amazon Or Nile
What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.
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Protecting Amazon Rainforest Would Bring Brazil Billions Of Dollars: Study
By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the Amazon region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
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Viral Video: Anaconda Leaps Out Of Water And Bites Brazilian Man
Anacondas generally live in swamps, marshes and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon basin.
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Brazilian President Tells Leonardo DiCaprio to "Keep His Mouth Shut" About Amazon Rainforest Protection
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has told Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio to "keep his mouth shut" after he spoke about the environmental importance of the Amazon.
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No "Final Clearance" Given To Extract Coal From Dehing Patkai Forest: Assam
The Assam government claimed today that no "final approval" has been given to Coal India Limited for extraction of coal from the areas around the Dehing Patkai tropical rain forest in Upper Assam, famously known as the Amazon of the East.
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Amid Social Media Protests, Mining Firm Claims Coal Extraction "On Hold" At Assam's Dehing Patkai
At a time when a social media campaign in Assam against the Centre's approval for coal mining around the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve is gathering steam and the Assam government assuring a review on the decision to allow coal mining in the rain forest of Dehing Patkai, better known as the Amazon of the East, the mining firm has finally broken its...
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Amazon Forest Faces Threat From Fires, Mining, Land Occupation And Logging
Raging wildfires have drawn the world's attention to the Amazon but immolation is just one of the dangers facing the world's largest rain forest, environmental experts across the region say.
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Rain Unlikely To Extinguish Amazon Forest Fires Anytime Soon, Say Experts
Weak rainfall is unlikely to extinguish a record number of fires raging in Brazil's Amazon anytime soon, with pockets of precipitation through September 10 expected to bring only isolated relief, according to weather data and two experts.
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Warplanes Dump Water On Amazon As Brazil Military Begins Fighting Fires
Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest.
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Why Amazon Built Its Workers A Mini Rain Forest Inside Three Domes In Downtown Seattle
Microsoft employees have treehouses. Apple workers have what's been called a spaceship. And now Amazon's staffers have a rainforest - or at least something like one - right in the middle of downtown Seattle.
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
-
New Expedition Aims To Find Out Which Is Longer, Amazon Or Nile
What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.
-
Protecting Amazon Rainforest Would Bring Brazil Billions Of Dollars: Study
By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the Amazon region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 billion reais ($8.4 billion) a year to the national economy by 2050.
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Viral Video: Anaconda Leaps Out Of Water And Bites Brazilian Man
Anacondas generally live in swamps, marshes and slow-moving streams, mainly in the tropical rain forests of the Amazon basin.
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Brazilian President Tells Leonardo DiCaprio to "Keep His Mouth Shut" About Amazon Rainforest Protection
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has told Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio to "keep his mouth shut" after he spoke about the environmental importance of the Amazon.
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No "Final Clearance" Given To Extract Coal From Dehing Patkai Forest: Assam
The Assam government claimed today that no "final approval" has been given to Coal India Limited for extraction of coal from the areas around the Dehing Patkai tropical rain forest in Upper Assam, famously known as the Amazon of the East.
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Amid Social Media Protests, Mining Firm Claims Coal Extraction "On Hold" At Assam's Dehing Patkai
At a time when a social media campaign in Assam against the Centre's approval for coal mining around the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve is gathering steam and the Assam government assuring a review on the decision to allow coal mining in the rain forest of Dehing Patkai, better known as the Amazon of the East, the mining firm has finally broken its...
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Amazon Forest Faces Threat From Fires, Mining, Land Occupation And Logging
Raging wildfires have drawn the world's attention to the Amazon but immolation is just one of the dangers facing the world's largest rain forest, environmental experts across the region say.
-
Rain Unlikely To Extinguish Amazon Forest Fires Anytime Soon, Say Experts
Weak rainfall is unlikely to extinguish a record number of fires raging in Brazil's Amazon anytime soon, with pockets of precipitation through September 10 expected to bring only isolated relief, according to weather data and two experts.
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Warplanes Dump Water On Amazon As Brazil Military Begins Fighting Fires
Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest.
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Why Amazon Built Its Workers A Mini Rain Forest Inside Three Domes In Downtown Seattle
Microsoft employees have treehouses. Apple workers have what's been called a spaceship. And now Amazon's staffers have a rainforest - or at least something like one - right in the middle of downtown Seattle.
