Tag Archives: Amazon
Catastrophic drought – the Amazon Basin suffers, along with Colombia’s indigenous communities
The Amazon River, one of the largest and most diverse ecosystems in the world, is [...]
Oct
PFAS are already everywhere, even in the Amazon jungle
In one of the most pristine corners of the globe, deep in the Amazon, scientists [...]
Aug
Underwater Amazon: seaweed forests key to fighting climate change
In the depths of the oceans, far beyond the reach of human vision, stretches an [...]
Apr
River dolphins are dying at an alarming rate – quick response needed
Many people, admiring vacation photos, do not realize that dolphins are residents of more than [...]
Jan
New Amazon dam could threaten indigenous lands and endemic species
The Castanheira Dam project in the Arinos River basin in the Amazon is raising serious [...]
Dec
Drought in the Amazon – lowest water levels in at least 121 years
Manaus, the Amazonian capital associated with idyllic images of blue skies and a place where [...]
Oct
Drought in the Amazon – (un)expected phenomenon ravages rainforests
Brazil is one of the areas hard hit by climate change. The northern part of [...]
Oct
EU will help protect Amazon rainforests
On September 15, at a Eurogroup meeting in Santiago De Compostela, Spain, the European Union [...]
Sep