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Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)
Published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, the scientists highlight the many physical and chemical changes occurring during droughts that lead to severe, a...
Ecuadoran indigenous activist recognized by Time for fighting for her jungle
Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)
It's this tenacity that earned her a spot on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. She lives in the 180,000 hectares (444,78...
Brazil court blocks move to repeal mangrove protections
Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)
Ruling a day after a decision to eliminate so-called "permanent protection zones" along Brazil's Atlantic coast, Federal Judge Maria Carvalho granted a request ...
Brazil's Bolsonaro hits back at Biden over rainforest
Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)
Bolsonaro, who has been dubbed a "Tropical Trump" and openly admires the US president, told Biden Brazil would not accept "coward threats towards our territoria...
Pine needles evolved to help trees cope with rainfall
Sep 29, 2020 (UPI)
"Our initial inspiration for this project was [to study] raindrop impact on pine trees," Andrew Dickerson, professor of engineering at University of Central Flo...
In Siberia forests, climate change stokes 'zombie fires'
Sep 24, 2020 (AFP)
Together with a small cohort of volunteer firefighters, he is battling a winter-resistant, underground blaze, a growing problem in Russia that he calls a "clima...
Ecotourism gem reduced to ashes as Brazil wetlands burn
Sep 24, 2020 (AFP)
After battling to contain the wildfire as it consumed everything around her, she reached a point where all she could do, she said, was sit at the base of a tree...
Brazil rejects deforestation concerns; Victim of 'brutal disinformation' says Bolsonaro
Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)
France said Friday it was opposed to the yet-to-be-ratified deal, after a government-commissioned report blasted the accord as a "missed opportunity" to hold So...
Bolsonaro's Indigenous land mining policy a billion-dollar backfire
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
Led by University of Queensland visiting PhD student Juliana Siqueira-Gay, an international collaboration has warned that President Jair Bolsonaro's 2020 bill t...
Droughts in the Amazon rainforest can be predicted up to 18 months in advance
Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)
"The fact that changes in sea surface temperatures in the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans impact rainfall patterns in the tropical parts of South America is lon...
France says opposes EU-Mercosur trade deal over deforestation concerns
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
France is to set out three demands for negotiations to continue, which would crucially include respecting the targets of the Paris Agreement on fighting climate...
Environmental groups, big ag unite for Amazon in Brazil
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Brazil Climate, Forests and Agriculture Coalition brings together a disparate group of members ranging from the World Wildlife Fund to the world's biggest m...
Satellite images display changes in the condition of European forests
Sep 16, 2020 (SPX)
They have analyzed more than 30,000 satellite images and identified more than 36 million areas where large trees have given way to open spaces of young trees. T...
Humans have been degrading the American tropics for 500 years
Sep 15, 2020 (UPI)
For the study, scientists surveyed records of mammal assemblages at more than 1,000 different Neotropical dig sites published over the last 30 years. Assemblage...
World lost 100 million hectares of forest in two decades: UN
Sep 15, 2020 (AFP)
The proportion of forest to total land area fell from 31.9 percent in 2000 to 31.2 percent in 2020, now some 4.1 billion hectares, according to the Food and Agr...
Why are Brazil's wetlands engulfed in flames
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
The region, which sits at the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, is known for its immense biodiversity, drawing wildlife lovers from around the world with ...
CO2 makes trees live fast and die young: study
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
Tree cover absorbs a significant proportion of carbon dioxide emitted by burning fossil fuels and plays a crucial role in projections for our ability to wrestle...
Brazil funding flip-flop triggers alarm; Protesters end roadblock
Aug 29, 2020 (AFP)
It was the latest awkward moment on the environment for the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right climate change skeptic who has faced scathin...
Toronto seeks to save oak tree older than Canada
Aug 25, 2020 (AFP)
The towering 24-meter (79-feet) high Northern Red Oak is one of the oldest trees in these parts, having sprouted an estimated 300 years ago, around the time tha...
Brazil military plane flew illegal Amazon miners: prosecutors
Aug 22, 2020 (AFP)
The allegation is the latest controversy for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's environment minister, whom activists accuse of working to dismantle environmen...
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