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World's Rivers Are Driest They Have Been in Decades

World's Rivers Are Driest They Have Been in Decades

Tired Earth October 08, 2024

Warming is fueling both heavier rainfall and more intense drought globally.

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds

Tired Earth August 13, 2024

Researchers found Amazon trees held 56.8 billion metric tons of carbon above ground in 2022.

A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive

A new way of thinking about the economy could help protect the Amazon, and help its people thrive

Tired Earth August 06, 2024

The Amazon basin is home to the world's largest tropical rainforest, representing over half of the world's remaining rainforest, and....

Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires

Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires

Debbie Banks April 08, 2023

Currently, there are 383 recognized Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, covering more than 1,160,000 square km.

Amazon mammals threatened by climate change

Amazon mammals threatened by climate change

Hannah Steiner February 21, 2023

Study reveals impacts of Savannization on Brazilian Amazon land animals.

Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find

Hannah Steiner January 28, 2023

Preventing the advance of deforestation remains vital, and could also allow more attention to be directed to other drivers of....

Amazon rainforest deforestation is influencing weather in Tibet

Amazon rainforest deforestation is influencing weather in Tibet

Hannah Steiner January 09, 2023

The Amazon rainforest is considered to represent one of the world's tipping points, where small, gradual changes can eventually lead....

For firms, climate and deforestation becoming part of bigger ‘nature’ issue

For firms, climate and deforestation becoming part of bigger ‘nature’ issue

Hannah Steiner December 25, 2022

Loss of tropical forests remained “stubbornly high” in 2021 with 11.1 million hectares of tree cover lost, almost half the....