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"You search for one thing and end up finding something else, which sometimes turns out to be even more interesting." ...

Amazon rainforest on fire: ‘Lungs of the world’ in flames Fire has engulfed an area two-thirds the size of the continental U.S., and containing the flames is proving to be a herculean task ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on a groundbreaking Washington Post story about a major ...

Standard Chartered has agreed to sell millions of carbon credits aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest on behalf of the ...

Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

The Amazon, roughly half the size of the 48 contiguous United States, is the largest rainforest on the planet. Its environment is intricately linked with the balance of its ecosystems, home to ...

The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre’s threshold in 15 to 30 years. “We are almost seeing the tipping ...

Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021.

Why the Amazon could be at risk of "collapsing" French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend's G-7 summit. And even ...

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