The big picture of the Amazon fires
In Brazil's dry season between May and September, forest fires are common.
In Brazil's dry season between May and September, forest fires are common.
Environment
Sep 25, 2019
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A larger part of the Amazon rainforest than previously believed is at risk of crossing a tipping point at which it would become a savanna-type ecosystem, according to new research. The study, based on computer models and ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2020
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Human activity has removed more than one-tenth of trees and plants from the Amazon rainforest since the 1960s, a study shows.
Environment
Apr 21, 2015
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Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2011
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Loading the atmosphere with five million tonnes of CO2 every hour has pushed Earth dangerously close to a no-return threshold, beyond which lies an unlivable hothouse world, top climate scientists have warned.
Environment
Nov 28, 2019
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A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that Bantu-speaking communities in the Congo rainforest underwent a major population collapse from 1600 to 1400 years ago, probably due to a prolonged disease epidemic, ...
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2021
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At least 441 new species of animals and plants have been discovered over a four year period in the vast, underexplored rainforest of the Amazon, including a monkey that purrs like a cat.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2013
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More than half of the carbon sink in the world's forests is in areas where the trees are relatively young—under 140 years old—rather than in tropical rainforests, research at the University of Birmingham shows.
Environment
Feb 18, 2019
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Spectacular species previously unknown to the outside world are being discovered in the Amazon rainforest at a rate of one every three days, environment group WWF said in a report published Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2010
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The world's most diverse forest, the Amazon, may also host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks (constructed prior to the arrival of Europeans), according to a new study. The new study combines cutting-edge ...
Archaeology
Oct 5, 2023
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