Tag: drought
In Becoming the World’s Farm, Brazil Is Depriving Itself of Water
Home to the largest river in the world by volume, the Amazon, Brazil holds ...
The Whole World Wants the Amazon Protected. But Who Is Going to Pay for This?
When the Amazon burns it has an impact far beyond its own boundariesHolly Young ...
Amazon Rivers Running Dry As Droughts Worsen, They Pave Roads and Deforestation Goes On
Behind a narrow border of trees, a crop duster sprays clouds of agrochemicals onto ...
Reading the Burned Leaves of the Amazon Forest: There’s Crisis in the Future
The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fueling fears of a worse climate crisis ...
Amazon Drought Can Turn the Forest into a Savannah
A severe drought in Brazil’s Amazon has damaged the forest ecosystem, brought chaos for ...
Amazon Drought Becomes Time Bomb for Pandemic Diseases
Home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet, the Amazon is also a ticking ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
World’s Largest Tropical Wetland, the Brazilian Pantanal, Being Converted into Ashes
Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath ...
US$ 30 Bi: The Cost to Replace the 8.4 Million Soccer Fields of Deforested Amazon Lost in Last Decade
This year, I was on the judging panel for the Royal Statistical Society’s International ...
In Brazil, When They Can’t Deal with the Flood They Call the Army
Thousands of people benefited from actions to deliver supplies and provide transportation and first ...
