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Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
The environmental risks of dredging include ecosystem disruption, increased erosion, water contamination, and harm to aquatic ...
Brazil's Lula talks climate at UN, but Amazon fires back home undermine his message
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the U.N. General Assembly with a call on the world to do more to combat ...
Scientists sound the alarm over weather phenomenon taking place in Brazil: 'We are heading toward an apocalyptical situation'
Brazil's worst drought on record has helped fuel wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. The Pantanal, a region that encompasses ...
Brazil's Lula to Talk Climate at U.N. but Amazon Wildfires Undermine Message
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to open the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with a call for ...
Brazil’s Farmers Are Plowing Over an Ancient Amazon Civilization
An underfunded agency is up against the agriculture industry’s unstoppable expansion of cash crops — and humanity’s heritage hangs in the balance.
Stark before-and-after pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers
River levels in the Amazon are at record lows, upending lives, stranding boats and threatening endangered wildlfie, as Brazil endures its worst drought on record ...
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WATCH: Brazil’s Lula calls for greater climate action, cites Amazon wildfires
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva mentioned the fires ravaging the rainforest back home — but not the fact they're adding ...
Queen Mary stuns in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
Queen Mary replaced her crown with a pair of sunglasses as she kicked off an official tour of Brazil with a visit to the ...
Queen Mary feeds a baby manatee in Brazil and the photos are adorable!
Queen Mary and the manatees! On Thursday, King Frederik of Denmark's wife paid a visit to the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Manaus, where the royal mom of four gave a manatee calf a ...