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Biden announces major climate initiatives, promises additional USD 50 mill
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
United States President Joe Biden announced major climate initiatives on Sunday in a bid to fight against climate change.
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Bloom Cafe and Cakery, where Acai from Brazil meets India
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30: Love at first sight and real love at first bite: Bloom brings authentic and delicious Acai bowls from Brazil to India. Bloom Cafe & Cakery recently hosted an event to introduce the Indian diaspora to the famous Acai bowls, made using Acai berries grown on
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Ecuadorians vote to ban oil drilling in Amazon
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Yasuní National Park park spans around 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) at the meeting point of the Amazon, the Andes and the Equator. Just one hectare of Yasuní land supposedly contains more animal species than the whole of Europe and more tree species than exist
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Brazil: Amazon nations launch alliance to protect rainforest, fail to agre
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Eight South American countries launched an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon — the world’s biggest rainforest — from reaching “a point of no return”, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
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Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops six-year low
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Preliminary statistics issued by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) have revealed that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon plummeted by 66 per cent last month compared to July 2022, and is now at its lowest rate in six years.
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Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures: Climate tipping elements connected
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists have now discovered that changes in the South American ecosystem can trigger changes in the vicinity of the Himalayas.
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Lula da Silva sworn in for third term as Brazil's president
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Silva also promised to fight to improve life for poor Brazilians, work towards racial and gender equality, and achieve zero deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
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Bolsonaro to face Lula in run off to Brazil President poll
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 3 (ANI): Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro will face former President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva in the deciding second round of Brazil's presidential election later this month.
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Research: Lack of phosphorus is limiting Amazon's growth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.
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Scanty rain: Amazon even more vulnerable than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers have now used network analysis to understand the complex workings of one of Earth's most valuable and biodiverse carbon sinks.
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Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, reveals new research
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Telegrafenberg (Potsdam) [Germany], March 8 (ANI): A data analysis from high-resolution satellite images have suggested that the Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience due to stress from a combination of logging and burning.
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Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, suggests analysis of new satellite
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): Data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests that the Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning. The influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so fa
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