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Climate change is real; nine climate tipping points now 'active'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): While there has been a lot of hue and cry over climate crisis, there still are people who don't believe that the change is real. But science believes so with not just one but nine evident proofs!
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Brazil: Rate of deforestation in Amazon rainforest at highest level in 11
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Nov 20 (ANI): According to the Brazilian government data released on Monday, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has risen to the highest level in 11 years.
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Music transfers enthnobiological knowledge, finds study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 27 (ANI): The soothing and calming effect of music is known to many but less is known about how it has the power to bolster communication with non-human life forms.
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H&M stops import of Brazilian leather following Amazon fires
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 6 (ANI): Following the devastating fires in the Amazon rainforest, H&M, the second-biggest fashion retailer has stopped importing leather from the South American country, Brazil.
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Siliguri raises voice for Amazon fires
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Sep 4 ANI: Organisations dealing with issues related to science, nature, environment conservation hit the Siliguri streets on Tuesday evening to express deep concern over the fires engulfing the world's largest rainforest, Amazon.
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Major industrialised nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon forest
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Trump calls Brazil President, offers assistance in tackling Amazon rainfor
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) and offered assistance, if needed, to tackle the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.
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B-town concerned over Amazon rainforest blaze
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 22 (ANI): Bollywood celebrities are voicing concerns over the raging fire in the lush rainforests of Amazon, home to a variety of flora and fauna.
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Ecuador: Native community defeats government in court, gets oil exploratio
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], Apr 27 (ANI): The native Waorani community on Friday (local time) fended off major degradation of their lands at the hands of oil companies by defeating three government bodies in court, for conducting a faulty consultation process with the people before putting their lan
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Human intrusion degrading air quality of Amazon rainforest: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 26 (ANI): Rapid intrusion of humans in the Amazon rainforest is degrading air quality of the forest, claimed a study.
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