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Amazon rainforest is losing more trees than ever with record number of fires raging in June
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has hit a monthly record of 1,034.4 square kilomet…
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An Indigenous patrol in the Amazon won a 'Green Nobel' after they took gold miners operating on their land to court — and won
The Cofán's Indigenous patrol hunts for signs of trespassing gold miners, and has ultimately put th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Deforestation and logging aren't just decimating the Amazon's forests. They're making them quieter.
Researchers recorded thousands of hours of chirps and grunts in the forest to assess its biodiversi…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Scientists estimate 9,000 tree species are still unknown to them
Mysterious trees unknown to science have probably remained a secret because they're so rare. Their …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Earth is a spaceship, and the Amazon is a crucial part of our life-support system. Here's why we need the world's largest rainforest.
But deforestation threatens all of that. Humans have cut down nearly 20% of the Amazon in the last …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Dubai's new indoor rainforest features the world's largest artificial tree
The attraction, which opened in early September, functions as a real ecosystem and boasts over…
Leanna Garfield
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Unknown facts about Amazon Rainforest
Amazon River In the north of the Amazon rainforest runs the Amazon River. This is actually a rive…
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The Amazon rainforest fires are shaping the G7 summit, where world leaders like Trump and Macron are convening
"It's been a long time since the environment played a key role at a G7 Summit but the global news a…
Rebecca Ungarino
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Four times Leonardo DiCaprio urged people to fight climate change
The 44-year-old Hollywood actor starred in iconic movies like Titanic (1997), The Wolf of Wall S…
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The world's best new building is a remote school in the Brazilian rainforest made out of wood and mud-brick
"The girls are getting much more friendly with each other," Aguiar said. "They told me they can now…
Tom Murray
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Archaeologists discover a lost world of 417 ancient Mayans cities buried in remote jungle, connected by miles of 'superhighways,' WaPo reports
A team studying the ancient Mayan civilization has found they created cities connected by over supe…
Bethany Dawson
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Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter - here's why eating meat is linked to the Amazon fires
Handech Wakana Mura: Over the years we have resisted here, when there was no access by road, when e…
Barbara Corbellini Duarte,Nis…
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Striking photos show the devastation wreaked by record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest
As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon plays a crucial role in keeping our planet's carbon-d…
Joey Hadden,Aylin Woodward
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The Amazon is losing about 3 football fields' worth of rainforest per minute
In July, the world's largest rainforest lost 519 square miles (1,345 square kilometers) of trees, s…
Lauren Frias
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The Amazon rainforest is about to cross an irreversible threshold that will turn it into a savanna, top scientists say
The warming climate also increases the likelihood that this dieback tipping point could be crossed,…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Amazon Rainforest is burning. Here's why there are so many fires and what it all means for the planet.
Scientists also fear that over time, the Amazon could suffer so much deforestation that a feedback …
Aylin Woodward
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The 'lungs of the planet' are in danger of reaching a tipping point that could turn the Amazon rainforest into a savannah
What's more, between January and May of this year, the Brazilian government lowered the number of f…
Aylin Woodward
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One of the largest pyramids in the world is a Bass Pro Shops megastore with rumored ties to mythical curses
In 2015, Memphis' 321-foot-tall "Great American Pyramid" reopened as a Bass Pro Shop megastore afte…
Kate Taylor
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99% of the fires in the Amazon rainforest were started by humans, one expert says - here's why they've gotten so out of control
As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon plays a crucial role in keeping our planet's carbon-d…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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One of the world's largest candy makers is hiring meteorologists to deal with climate change
"If climate conditions in these growing areas begin to change over time, it may influence both the …