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What’s Destroying the Amazon and Why It Matters
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most vital ecosystems on Earth but it's facing growing threats from deforestation, ...
The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...
How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought Date: April 26, 2023 Source: University of Leeds Summary: A major collaboration involving 80 scientists from Europe ...
The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too. July 12, 2025 ...
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil ...
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The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining. By Manuela Andreoni There’s a struggle for law and order in many of the world’s ...
Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
The re-election of president Jair Bolsonaro would severely harm the Amazon rainforest, while his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse much of the recent environmental damage ...
To many, the future of the Amazon rainforest is on the ballot. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson has the story produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Full Episode.
In 2022, the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) estimated that 13.2 percent of the Amazon rainforest biome has been lost, which is an area roughly one-tenth the size of the U.S.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on future generations to safeguard and protect the wildlife and the delicate ecological balance in the Amazon rainforest while visiting the region.