Amazon Forest
Total 8 Posts
4 vital steps to protect the worldโs remaining rainforests.
5 min read
Understanding the economic value of rainforests and conserving them will enable greener and more inclusive economies, leading to a more sustainable world.
Amazon fires: Deforestation has a devastating heating impact on the local climate โ New study.
4 min read
Rainforest fires heat the planet, but the degraded forest left behind has far more consequences for the local environment.
Amazon fires are destructive, but they arenโt depleting Earthโs oxygen supply.
5 min read
If the Amazon rainforest functions as our planetโs lungs, what do raging wildfires threaten? An atmospheric scientist explains why the fires, though devastating, wonโt suffocate life on Earth.
Amazon fires: Jair Bolsonaro faces mounting political backlash in Brazil โ even from his allies.
4 min read
What the Amazon fires mean for Jair Bolsonaro politically.
Jair Bolsonaro wants to deforest the Amazon โ What powers does the UN have to stop him?
5 min read
Brazilโs deforestation rate is back up. The UN Security Council has three main options.
Youโre posting about it on social media, but do you know why the Amazon is on fire?
3 min read
Imagine that your lungs burst into flames โ thatโs whatโs happening to our Earth right now, Alyssa Satara writes.
The Amazon is burning โ 4 essential reads on Brazilโs vanishing rainforest.
4 min read
Donโt blame climate change for the 39,000 forest fires now incinerating huge tracts of the Brazilian Amazon. This environmental catastrophe is human-made and highly political.