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Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures: Climate tipping elements connected
Updated : 4 days ago IST
While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists have now discovered that changes in the South American ecosystem can trigger changes in the vicinity of the Himalayas.
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Lula da Silva sworn in for third term as Brazil's president
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Silva also promised to fight to improve life for poor Brazilians, work towards racial and gender equality, and achieve zero deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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Bolsonaro to face Lula in run off to Brazil President poll
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 3 (ANI): Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro will face former President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva in the deciding second round of Brazil's presidential election later this month.
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Research: Lack of phosphorus is limiting Amazon's growth
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.
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Scanty rain: Amazon even more vulnerable than previously thought
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers have now used network analysis to understand the complex workings of one of Earth's most valuable and biodiverse carbon sinks.
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Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, reveals new research
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Telegrafenberg (Potsdam) [Germany], March 8 (ANI): A data analysis from high-resolution satellite images have suggested that the Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience due to stress from a combination of logging and burning.
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Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, suggests analysis of new satellite
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): Data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests that the Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning. The influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so fa
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Colombian defence minister blames former FARC members for Amazon forest fi
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to the country's Amazon rainforests to clear areas for extensive stockbreeding and coca production.
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UK to call for end to global deforestation at COP 26: Reports
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK will urge world leaders at the upcoming 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to pledge their commitment to stopping and reversing deforestation, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, sources told the Guardian newspaper.
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Brazil's environment minister steps down amid probe into illegal logging i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 24 (ANI): Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles resigned Wednesday, weeks after he was targeted by federal police as part of an investigation into alleged illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
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Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): According to a recent study, the regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought.
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Brazil President accuses Leonardo DiCaprio for setting Amazon on fire
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Dec 01 (ANI): Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has accused actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio of funding the Amazon fire.
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