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In England, Volunteers Plant Thousands of Trees to Restore Celtic Rainforest

Yale E360

JANUARY 29, 2025

Volunteers have planted more than 2,500 native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of a larger effort to recreate the temperate rainforest that once dominated much of the British Isles. Read more on E360

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Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

An underwater gardening experiment along the East Coast aims to restore a type of seagrass called eelgrass, at risk of extinction due to rising sea surface temperatures.

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Climate Negotiators To Focus on Renewables and Rainforests

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 23, 2023

They will take up the issue at this year's climate conference in Bonn, Germany, where the plight of the rainforest nations will also take center stage. Climate negotiators are aiming for net zero by 2050, requiring a tripling of renewable energy by 2030.

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Will New Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test

Yale E360

DECEMBER 3, 2024

carbon market is expected to open as soon as next year, with carbon-rich Indonesia planning to generate billions of dollars in credits from its vast rainforests. But critics say the trading system is susceptible to fraud and errors that will undermine emissions goals. Read more on E360 →

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How an audacious sonic survey could help revive damaged rainforests

New Scientist

MAY 13, 2024

The world’s largest "ecoacoustic" survey, listening to Costa Rican rainforests, could pave the way for a network of sensors listening to the planet’s biodiversity in real time

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Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters

Yale E360

MARCH 31, 2022

From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. Habitat loss, species extinctions, and industrial noise all contribute to this sonic loss, which cuts off a vital human connection to the Earth. Read more on E360 ?.

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Sacred Groves: How the Spiritual Connection Helps Protect Nature

Yale E360

JANUARY 4, 2023

From Ethiopia’s highlands to Siberia to the Australian rainforest, there are thousands of sacred forests that have survived thanks to traditional religious and spiritual beliefs. These places, many now under threat, have ecological importance, experts say, and must be saved. Read more on E360 →.

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Amazon Sees Record High Deforestation in First Half of 2022

Yale E360

JULY 11, 2022

In the first half of this year, deforestation claimed roughly 1,500 square miles of the Amazon rainforest, an area five times the size of New York City and the greatest loss since at least 2016, according to the Brazilian Space Agency. Read more on E360 ?.

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The Amazon rainforest now emits more carbon than it absorbs

Inhabitant

JULY 15, 2021

A recent study in Nature shows that the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs. For the first time, scientists have confirmed that despite once being the largest carbon sink in the world, the rainforest has turned into a pollutant due to high rates of deforestation.

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Gold Coast leads way in beachfront rainforest restoration

A Greener Life

JULY 1, 2021

The City of Gold Coast is undertaking one of Australia’s largest ever beachfront rainforest restoration projects. If you’ve ever taken in the natural beauty of the Gold Coast’s glorious beaches or strolled along the city’s golden coastline, chances are you’ve unknowingly appreciated littoral rainforest.

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Can the Amazon rainforest survive?

Inhabitant

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Humans are barreling toward a catastrophic tipping point for the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by more than 200 scientists. If we don’t change our habits immediately, the damage will be irreversible.

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Amazon Under Fire: The Long Struggle Against Brazil’s Land Barons

Yale E360

JANUARY 12, 2023

In an interview with Yale Environment 360 , he talks about his new book, which explores the complex web of issues underpinning the deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest. Journalist Heriberto Araujo spent four years reporting on the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon. Read more on E360 →.

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Nearly Two-Thirds of All Species Live in the Ground, Scientists Estimate

Yale E360

AUGUST 8, 2023

Soils are more rich in life than coral reefs or rainforest canopies, providing a home to nearly two-thirds of all species, according to a sprawling new analysis. Read more on E360 →

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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern. After a decade of dry conditions, a drought in Brazil is straining the country’s economy, energy systems, and environment. Reservoirs are dwindling, causing major deficits in hydroelectric power.

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Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia

Yale E360

MARCH 25, 2021

A mine tailings dam planned for a seismically unstable area of Sumatra’s rainforest would be at high risk of failure, experts warn. The dam’s collapse would be a disaster, they say, releasing a wall of slurry that would engulf and bury Indigenous villages and their inhabitants. Read more on E360 ?.

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What Are The Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest?

Earthava

AUGUST 27, 2024

The post What Are The Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest? The Amazon rainforest, Earth’s largest tropical forest, faces a serious threat from deforestation. Farmers clear land […] The post What Are The Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest? appeared first on Earthava.

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Brazilian election will determine the future of the Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The re-election of president Jair Bolsonaro would severely harm the Amazon rainforest, while his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse much of the recent environmental damage and meet climate change targets

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Spider fossil sheds light on Australia’s ancient rainforest ecosystem

New Scientist

JANUARY 7, 2022

A suite of plant and animal fossils from a site in New South Wales date back about 16 million years to a time when the region was blanketed in lush rainforests

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2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

DECEMBER 28, 2022

New political leaders in Brazil and Colombia have promised to protect the rainforest, raising hopes of saving the ecosystem from becoming savannah

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Degraded Parts of the Amazon Cycle One-Third Less Water, Study Finds

Yale E360

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Parts of the Amazon rainforest degraded by human activities such as farming, timber extraction, and burning are markedly hotter, drier, and more flammable, and store less carbon than areas of intact forest, according to a new survey of more than 33,000 acres. Read more on E360 ?.

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The Amazon rainforest has already reached a crucial tipping point

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

About 26 per cent of the Amazon rainforest has already been lost or badly degraded and without intervention the rest could transform into savannah, says a report on its status

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Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

New Scientist

MARCH 7, 2022

More than three quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become less resilient since the early 2000s, with areas near humans and with lower rainfall the worst hit

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The search for Britain’s lost rainforests and the battle to save them

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Fragments of temperate rainforest grow in parts of England, Wales and Scotland, and with the right action we could help them thrive

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Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Brazil has cleared large parts of the Amazon rainforest for use as farmland, encouraging economic growth but causing environmental harm. Now researchers suggest that making intense use of already cleared land could avoid the need to fell any more trees

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Is the Amazon Approaching a Tipping Point? A New Study Shows the Rainforest Growing Less Resilient

Inside Climate News

MARCH 7, 2022

By Georgina Gustin The world’s largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from droughts and fires, pushing it farther toward a threshold where it could transform into arid savannah, releasing dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases in the process.

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In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases

Inside Climate News

JANUARY 16, 2023

By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma Forests managed by Indigenous peoples and other local communities in the Amazon region draw vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere while the rest of the rainforest has become a net source of the greenhouse gas, a new report has found.

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HotSpots H2O: Indigenous Communities, Biodiversity Along Brazil-Peru Border Threatened by Highway Construction

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2021

Eastward, across gnarled rivers and historic indigenous homelands, the great Amazon Rainforest paints this basin shades of green, refreshing much of the world’s oxygen. . BR-364, the 2,700-mile asphalt strip that weaves through rainforest to connect São Paulo to Acre, might soon be lengthened.

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COP26: Scotland to restore and extend Celtic rainforest as global leaders pledge to end deforestation

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rare and internationally important Celtic rainforests in Scotland are to be restored and expanded as part of a £500 million national investment in the country’s natural economy. Read the full story at The Scotsman. Read more →

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Rainforest loss in South-East Asia could extend El Niño and La Niña

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Climate models suggest that deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia will cause feedback loops that contribute to longer El Niño and La Niña events, bringing more extreme impacts around the world

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.

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'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

New Scientist

JULY 9, 2024

US start-up Savor says its synthetic vegan fat, made without livestock or the crops needed for margarine, could cut carbon emissions and save rainforests

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Tiny chameleon spotted by tourists in Madagascar is new to science

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A species of leaf chameleon newly named Brookesia nofy was discovered in a patch of coastal rainforest, a highly threatened habitat in Madagascar

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Planes Sampling Air Above the Amazon Find the Rainforest is Releasing More Carbon Than it Stores

Inside Climate News

JULY 14, 2021

The study, which found greater depletion of carbon storage in the heavily deforested eastern Amazon, confirmed previous research that used satellites or hands-on measuring techniques.

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HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical weather and rainforests, the south is historically dry, comprising vast desert stretches. The east African nation of Madagascar is a large, biodiverse island that spans the equivalent length of Florida to the Canadian border.

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Slowdown of critical ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could be bolstering rainfall over the Amazon, reducing the risk it will reach a tipping point

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Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

JANUARY 23, 2025

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they may have actually arisen in tougher conditions near the equator

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One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities

Scientific American

JANUARY 27, 2023

A pair of studies raise concerns that the Amazon rainforest may be approaching a point of no return

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Brazilian Police Doing Little to Combat Destruction of the Amazon's Unprotected Lands, Report Finds

Yale E360

JULY 20, 2022

In the past six years, Brazil's Federal Police have undertaken just a handful of operations to stem the destruction of unprotected lands in the Amazon Rainforest, according to a new report. Read more on E360 ?.

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Untold Earth | Season 1, Episode 3 | You Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to Moss

PBS Nature

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This episode of Untold Earth gets up close and personal with the mosses of the Hoh Rainforest to understand their vital role in this ecosystem and potential to offer a glimpse into our planets future. Mosses were among the first land plants to evolve out of the ocean roughly 450 million years ago.

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The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

New Scientist

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archaeological surveys have uncovered earthworks built by pre-Columbian societies across the Amazon, suggesting the rainforest isn't as pristine as we once thought

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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. Mexico’s per capita figure, however, conceals a high degree of income inequality, with rural regions and areas in the south much poorer than urban areas like Mexico City. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.

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How 'forever chemicals' reached one of the world's most pristine areas

New Scientist

AUGUST 20, 2024

Scientists have found significant concentrations of a type of PFAS chemical in the air deep in the Amazon rainforest, suggesting it travelled over 100 kilometres from an industrial hub

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Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Tamarins living near cities in the Amazon Rainforest use odour to communicate nearly twice as often as usual when noise pollution spikes from nearby freeways or town centres

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The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

New Scientist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We have been hearing warnings about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for decades, but experts say a catastrophic tipping point is now just over the horizon. Are they right? And if so, what can we do to pull things back?

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In England, Volunteers Plant Thousands of Trees to Restore Celtic Rainforest

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

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Climate Negotiators To Focus on Renewables and Rainforests

Will New Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test

How an audacious sonic survey could help revive damaged rainforests

Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters

Sacred Groves: How the Spiritual Connection Helps Protect Nature

Amazon Sees Record High Deforestation in First Half of 2022

The Amazon rainforest now emits more carbon than it absorbs

Gold Coast leads way in beachfront rainforest restoration

Can the Amazon rainforest survive?

Amazon Under Fire: The Long Struggle Against Brazil’s Land Barons

Nearly Two-Thirds of All Species Live in the Ground, Scientists Estimate

HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia

What Are The Causes of Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest?

Brazilian election will determine the future of the Amazon rainforest

Spider fossil sheds light on Australia’s ancient rainforest ecosystem

2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

Degraded Parts of the Amazon Cycle One-Third Less Water, Study Finds

The Amazon rainforest has already reached a crucial tipping point

Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah

The search for Britain’s lost rainforests and the battle to save them

Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest

Is the Amazon Approaching a Tipping Point? A New Study Shows the Rainforest Growing Less Resilient

In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases

HotSpots H2O: Indigenous Communities, Biodiversity Along Brazil-Peru Border Threatened by Highway Construction

COP26: Scotland to restore and extend Celtic rainforest as global leaders pledge to end deforestation

Rainforest loss in South-East Asia could extend El Niño and La Niña

Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

Tiny chameleon spotted by tourists in Madagascar is new to science

Planes Sampling Air Above the Amazon Find the Rainforest is Releasing More Carbon Than it Stores

HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

Slowdown of critical ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest

Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest

One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities

Brazilian Police Doing Little to Combat Destruction of the Amazon's Unprotected Lands, Report Finds

Untold Earth | Season 1, Episode 3 | You Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to Moss

The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

Mexico y el Cambio Climático

How 'forever chemicals' reached one of the world's most pristine areas

Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent

The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

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