amazon rainforest
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‘Nonfiction’ Book About Maui Wildfire ‘Smells of AI,’ Gets Pulled From Amazon
Wildfires in Maui have devastated the communities in Hawaii over the last week, but a new book listed on Amazon about the natural disaster has raised eyebrows from reviewers. The book, titled Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui and its Implications for Climate Change, is an 86-page narrative of the recent wildfires…
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A Staggering Amount of Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Last Month
The number of trees cut down in the Brazilian section of the Amazon rainforest in January was five times greater than the same period last year, according to satellite imagery data from Brazil’s space research agency, INPE.
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The 10 UNESCO World Heritage Forests That Humans Ruined
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are the planet’s most iconic places and include sites from the natural and built world. But a new report from the group shows that a small but vital number of forests that have received a UNESCO designation are being irrevocably altered by human activities.
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Bolsonaro Oversaw a Connecticut-Sized Chunk of Deforestation in the Amazon Last Year
Last year was a bad one around the world — but especially, it seems, in the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon rocketed up 17% last year, due in large part to increased logging, agriculture, mining, and wildfires, new data published Wednesday shows.