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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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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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Man Confesses To Burying Bodies Of Journalist, His Guide In Amazon: Cops
One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle
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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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Since 2010, Amazon Forest Emitted More CO2 Than It Absorbed, Says Study
The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last decade than it absorbed, according to a stunning report
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Tropical Rainforest Doesn't Catch Fire, Amazon Is Burning Is A Lie: Brazil President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said it is a "lie" that fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest, despite data from his own government showing the number of blazes is rising.
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Brazil President Accuses "Cool Guy" Leonardo DiCaprio Of Giving Money "To Torch" The Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
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"Guardian Of The Forest" Killed In Amazon Ambush
A Brazilian land defender was killed and a second injured in an ambush by loggers in the Amazon rainforest, regional authorities reported.
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Why Is Jair Bolsonaro Wary Of Foreign Amazon Aid? Ask Brazil's Military
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's furious reaction to foreign criticism of his handling of Amazon fires reflects the sacred place the vast region occupies in the minds of Brazil's military, for whom the rainforest is almost a raison d'etre.
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Brazil President "Working Very Hard" On Amazon Fires, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged "full and complete" US support.
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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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The Amazon Is In Flames. But Brazil's Past Can Show The Path Forward.
Just over 16 years ago, on a sweltering day along the southeastern fringe of the Amazon forest, we sat down to catch our breath on a half-burnt log. Plumes of smoke on the horizon wafted to the sky, and the sound of chainsaws whirred in the distance. We couldn't have known that we were sitting in a time and place that was rapidly approaching peak d...
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Amazon Rainforest Fire: Amazon Rainforest Is Ablaze, Turning Day Into Night In Brazil
Huge tracts of the Amazon, which serves as the lungs of the planet by taking in carbon dioxide, storing it in soils and producing oxygen, are ablaze. Smoke from the widespread fires has turned day into night in Sao Paulo, and intensified a controversy over the Brazilian government's land use policies.
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Brazil Declares Emergency After 2,400 Babies Are Born With Brain Damage
Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains.
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Man Survives in Brazilian Forest Eating Insects
A man lost in the Brazilian forest survived for 12 days by eating insects.
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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.
-
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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Man Confesses To Burying Bodies Of Journalist, His Guide In Amazon: Cops
One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle
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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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Since 2010, Amazon Forest Emitted More CO2 Than It Absorbed, Says Study
The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last decade than it absorbed, according to a stunning report
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Tropical Rainforest Doesn't Catch Fire, Amazon Is Burning Is A Lie: Brazil President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said it is a "lie" that fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest, despite data from his own government showing the number of blazes is rising.
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Brazil President Accuses "Cool Guy" Leonardo DiCaprio Of Giving Money "To Torch" The Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
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"Guardian Of The Forest" Killed In Amazon Ambush
A Brazilian land defender was killed and a second injured in an ambush by loggers in the Amazon rainforest, regional authorities reported.
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Why Is Jair Bolsonaro Wary Of Foreign Amazon Aid? Ask Brazil's Military
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's furious reaction to foreign criticism of his handling of Amazon fires reflects the sacred place the vast region occupies in the minds of Brazil's military, for whom the rainforest is almost a raison d'etre.
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Brazil President "Working Very Hard" On Amazon Fires, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged "full and complete" US support.
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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.
-
The Amazon Is In Flames. But Brazil's Past Can Show The Path Forward.
Just over 16 years ago, on a sweltering day along the southeastern fringe of the Amazon forest, we sat down to catch our breath on a half-burnt log. Plumes of smoke on the horizon wafted to the sky, and the sound of chainsaws whirred in the distance. We couldn't have known that we were sitting in a time and place that was rapidly approaching peak d...
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Amazon Rainforest Fire: Amazon Rainforest Is Ablaze, Turning Day Into Night In Brazil
Huge tracts of the Amazon, which serves as the lungs of the planet by taking in carbon dioxide, storing it in soils and producing oxygen, are ablaze. Smoke from the widespread fires has turned day into night in Sao Paulo, and intensified a controversy over the Brazilian government's land use policies.
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Brazil Declares Emergency After 2,400 Babies Are Born With Brain Damage
Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains.
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Man Survives in Brazilian Forest Eating Insects
A man lost in the Brazilian forest survived for 12 days by eating insects.
