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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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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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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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Over 100 Dolphins Dead In Amazon As Water Temperature Nears 40 Degrees Celsius
Amazon has been experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent years. This has caused water levels to dip in 59 municipalities.
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Indian Traders Sign Sugar Export Deals In Advance As Frost Hits Brazil
Sugar production in Brazil, the world's biggest producer and exporter, is likely to drop due to a drought and frost that has damaged sugarcane crop.
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Ban On Fires, Military Redeployment: Bolsonaro's Amazon Rainforest Plan
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday issued a broad 120-day ban on unauthorized outdoor fires as the country suffered its worst drought in decades ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil's Poorest Region Suffers Worst Drought In A Century
A cow's skull lies baking in the sun and nearby another dead cow rots, symbols of the desolation gripping northeastern Brazil during its worst drought in a century.
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Sergio Aguero Relaxed About Argentina's Trophy Drought
Argentina have not won a senior tournament since victory in the 1993 Copa America, suffering a two-decade tale of disappointment that reached its climax with defeat in the World Cup final in Brazil last year.
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More than 140 Brazilian cities ration water
A survey conducted by a leading Brazilian newspaper says more than 100 cities are rationing water amid the worst drought to hit the country in decades.
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Neymar not fazed by goal drought
On Saturday, Neymar will once again sport the mythical number 10 shirt once worn by his feted Santos and Brazil predecessor Pele, but he said he felt no added pressure.
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India may not export sugar for up to 3 years
India, the world's biggest sugar producer after Brazil, is unlikely to export the sweetener for up to three years as high production costs price shipments out of the global market and a drought in major growing regions squeezes output.
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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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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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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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Over 100 Dolphins Dead In Amazon As Water Temperature Nears 40 Degrees Celsius
Amazon has been experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent years. This has caused water levels to dip in 59 municipalities.
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Indian Traders Sign Sugar Export Deals In Advance As Frost Hits Brazil
Sugar production in Brazil, the world's biggest producer and exporter, is likely to drop due to a drought and frost that has damaged sugarcane crop.
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Ban On Fires, Military Redeployment: Bolsonaro's Amazon Rainforest Plan
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday issued a broad 120-day ban on unauthorized outdoor fires as the country suffered its worst drought in decades ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil's Poorest Region Suffers Worst Drought In A Century
A cow's skull lies baking in the sun and nearby another dead cow rots, symbols of the desolation gripping northeastern Brazil during its worst drought in a century.
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Sergio Aguero Relaxed About Argentina's Trophy Drought
Argentina have not won a senior tournament since victory in the 1993 Copa America, suffering a two-decade tale of disappointment that reached its climax with defeat in the World Cup final in Brazil last year.
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More than 140 Brazilian cities ration water
A survey conducted by a leading Brazilian newspaper says more than 100 cities are rationing water amid the worst drought to hit the country in decades.
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Neymar not fazed by goal drought
On Saturday, Neymar will once again sport the mythical number 10 shirt once worn by his feted Santos and Brazil predecessor Pele, but he said he felt no added pressure.
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India may not export sugar for up to 3 years
India, the world's biggest sugar producer after Brazil, is unlikely to export the sweetener for up to three years as high production costs price shipments out of the global market and a drought in major growing regions squeezes output.
