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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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Brazil Cuts Down Thousands Of Trees In Amazon Rainforest To Build Road For Climate Summit
Brazil is facing criticism for cutting down thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a road for the COP30 climate summit, despite the country's claims of commitment to environmental protection.
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This Forest In Africa, About The Size Of Mexico Is Largest Dry Woodland
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
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Sahara and Amazon May Hold Clues to Dinosaurs’ Earliest Origins, New Study Suggests
Recent research suggests the Sahara Desert and Amazon rainforest might hold the key to uncovering the earliest dinosaurs, tracing their origins to equatorial Gondwana over 230 million years ago. Studies published in Current Biology propose that small, chicken-sized dinosaurs thrived in arid regions before dispersing widely. Limited fossil records f...
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How Biden's "Fade-Out" Into Amazon Rainforest Went Viral
Four years ago, President Joe Biden declared "America's back" and told his fellow world leaders that Donald Trump had been an aberration.
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Climate Change Threatens Amazon Rainforest As Unprecedented Sand Dunes Appear
But as the Amazon battles the effects of climate change, a historic drought is making travel more difficult than ever.
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"Wanders Off...": Russian Media Mocks Biden For Avoiding Ukraine Question
US President Biden held a press conference in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Manaus but took no questions about America's decision to clear Ukraine to use its long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
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Biden On Historic Trip To Amazon Amid Fears Over Trump's Climate Stance
US President Joe Biden began an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change amid fears that Donald Trump will roll back his green policies.
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Biden Visits Amazon, The Jungle That Nearly Killed Teddy Roosevelt
Joe Biden on Sunday will be the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon -- the vast tropical rainforest that nearly killed a predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt, after he left office.
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"Our Territories Are Not For Sale": Indigenous Groups In Brazil On Government Selling Carbon Credits
Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support conservation of the Amazon rainforest in the state.
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Climate Change Could Reduce Amazon's Methane Absorbtion By 70%: Study
Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found.
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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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Fires In Brazil's Amazon Rainforest In August Highest Since 2010
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region for the month of August surged to the highest level since 2010, government data showed on Sunday, after a record drought that has been plaguing the biome.
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Amazon Rainforest Tribe's Secret To Healthy Life And Slow Ageing Revealed
The Tsimanes, consisting of 16,000 people, live a fully subsistence lifestyle, relying on hunting, foraging and farming to survive.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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Brazil Cuts Down Thousands Of Trees In Amazon Rainforest To Build Road For Climate Summit
Brazil is facing criticism for cutting down thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a road for the COP30 climate summit, despite the country's claims of commitment to environmental protection.
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This Forest In Africa, About The Size Of Mexico Is Largest Dry Woodland
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
-
Sahara and Amazon May Hold Clues to Dinosaurs’ Earliest Origins, New Study Suggests
Recent research suggests the Sahara Desert and Amazon rainforest might hold the key to uncovering the earliest dinosaurs, tracing their origins to equatorial Gondwana over 230 million years ago. Studies published in Current Biology propose that small, chicken-sized dinosaurs thrived in arid regions before dispersing widely. Limited fossil records f...
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How Biden's "Fade-Out" Into Amazon Rainforest Went Viral
Four years ago, President Joe Biden declared "America's back" and told his fellow world leaders that Donald Trump had been an aberration.
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Climate Change Threatens Amazon Rainforest As Unprecedented Sand Dunes Appear
But as the Amazon battles the effects of climate change, a historic drought is making travel more difficult than ever.
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"Wanders Off...": Russian Media Mocks Biden For Avoiding Ukraine Question
US President Biden held a press conference in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Manaus but took no questions about America's decision to clear Ukraine to use its long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
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Biden On Historic Trip To Amazon Amid Fears Over Trump's Climate Stance
US President Joe Biden began an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change amid fears that Donald Trump will roll back his green policies.
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Biden Visits Amazon, The Jungle That Nearly Killed Teddy Roosevelt
Joe Biden on Sunday will be the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon -- the vast tropical rainforest that nearly killed a predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt, after he left office.
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"Our Territories Are Not For Sale": Indigenous Groups In Brazil On Government Selling Carbon Credits
Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support conservation of the Amazon rainforest in the state.
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Climate Change Could Reduce Amazon's Methane Absorbtion By 70%: Study
Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found.
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Amazon Forest Has Lost Area The Size Of Germany, France To Deforestation
The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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Fires In Brazil's Amazon Rainforest In August Highest Since 2010
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region for the month of August surged to the highest level since 2010, government data showed on Sunday, after a record drought that has been plaguing the biome.
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Amazon Rainforest Tribe's Secret To Healthy Life And Slow Ageing Revealed
The Tsimanes, consisting of 16,000 people, live a fully subsistence lifestyle, relying on hunting, foraging and farming to survive.
