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A 'lost valley of cities' built thousands of years ago has been found in the Amazon
The area was inhabited for around 1,000 years and had an estimated population of at least 10,000, a…
Rebecca Rommen
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Earth lost forests the size of a football field every five seconds in 2022, 10% more than the previous year
Recent analysis of satellite data revealed that Earth lost more than 41,000 square kilometres of ra…
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Lake water in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit record-high temperatures. Now, more than 100 dolphins are dead.
An ongoing drought in Brazil's Amazon rainforest likely also contributed to the deaths of the dolph…
Katie Hawkinson
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Brazil's presidential election may determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest and the entire planet's climate
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro faces former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff elec…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola Rosa-Aquino
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One graph shows how Brazil's election could speed up destruction of the Amazon rainforest — and imperil the planet
Under President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in the Amazon surged. His opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula …
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Why is everyone concerned about the Earth being 1.5°C warmer for 12 months in a row?
Last month, for the first time in recorded history, Earth endured the 12th consecutive month with t…
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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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The Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs in some areas, according to a new study
The findings could signal danger for the ecosystem and are a troubling sign for the world's fight a…
Kelly McLaughlin
How 40,000 Brazil nuts are collected deep in the Amazon rainforest
Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts. They're not grown on farms — they're collected in…
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, who's accused of trying to silence critics on Twitter, says Musk's $44 billion buyout is a 'breath of hope'
Brazil's president has been accused of trying to silence those who criticize or disagree with him a…
Sam Tabahriti
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Jeff Bezos should pay up for using the Amazon's name, says this Brazilian governor
Wilson Lima said Amazon uses the name of Amazonas and Amazonia: "How much do we get for this? We wa…
Kai Xiang Teo
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Police deny claim that British journalist and Indigenous expert were found dead in Amazon rainforest
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing over a week ago. Brazilian police denied Phillips' wife…
Sinéad Baker
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The best way to prevent more diseases from jumping from animals to humans is to stop deforestation and wildlife trading
Experts expect the world to see more animal-to-human disease spillover — unless we actively fight d…
Susie Neilson
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Facebook says it will ban sales of the Amazon rainforest after an investigation found plots of land were illegally sold on the platform
A BBC investigation found illegal sales of parts of the Amazon rainforest on Facebook Marketplace. …
Sarah Jackson
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Brazil's indigenous people face a possible 'genocide' as their coronavirus death rate soars even higher than the rest of the hard-hit country
The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil found the coronavirus death rate among Brazil's in…
Sinéad Baker
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A researcher said she named a new butterfly species after the 'Lord of the Rings' villain partly because spending 10 years on the study felt like the eye of Sauron looking at her
Blanca Huertas spent over a decade studying hundreds of butterfly species and said it was "a lot of…
Chris Panella
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Elon Musk met with Brazilian minister to discuss bringing SpaceX's Starlink internet to the Amazon rainforest
The government said SpaceX's Starlink internet could help monitor illegal deforestation in the Amaz…
Kate Duffy
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More than 2.5 miles of cliff paintings found hidden in the Amazon rainforest show ancient hunter-gatherers killing Ice Age creatures
The paintings are at least 11,800 years old, and depict ancient Amazonians killing mastodons and in…