Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said that the Beijing-funded project to build a vast railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, across Peru, would respect the region's environment including the Amazon basin.
Environment
May 23, 2015
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The Amazon basin is an important sink of carbon dioxide, but it is also a substantial source of atmospheric methane. Tropical wetlands, including those in the Amazon, are one of the largest sources of biogenic methane and ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2012
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The capacity of the Amazon forest to store carbon in a changing climate will ultimately be determined by how fast trees die—and what kills them. Now, a huge new study has unravelled what factors control tree mortality rates ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2020
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The weakly electric black ghost knifefish of the Amazon basin has inspired Northwestern University's Malcolm MacIver and an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop agile fish robots that could lead to a vast improvement ...
Robotics
Feb 15, 2014
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The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday.
Environment
Sep 1, 2019
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A new study reveals that soluble phosphorus that fertilizes the Amazon, as well as the Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans, is deposited through smoke from biomass fires in Africa.
Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term, even with the use of improved logging practices.
Environment
Jun 12, 2019
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A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found. Previous research ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2016
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Left to their own devices and given enough time, rivers wander, eroding their banks and leaving their old channels behind. It's a behavior that engineers have to keep in mind when managing rivers or planning projects near ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2019
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The diversity of frogs in the Amazon Basin is much greater than previously recorded, according to a new paper by Colorado State University and Ecuadorian biologists that could lead to greater understanding of how to save ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2011
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