"Already researchers like the ones at MAAP have used this data to calculate the aboveground carbon content of the entire Amazon rainforest (56.8 billion metric tons, if you’re curious) and where the peak carbon areas are" #forestCarbon#earthobservation#CarbonSinks […]
Brazil’s Farmers Are Plowing Over an Ancient Amazon Civilization #politics#brazil#EnvironmentalJustice#indigenous#AmazonRainforest#archaeology#historywww.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
An underfunded agency is up against the agriculture industry’s unstoppable expansion of cash crops — and humanity’s heritage hangs in the balance.
'Who Pays?' Asks Brazil Greenpeace Protest on Climate Impact in the Amazon #politics#brazil#environmentalism#ClimateChange#AmazonRainforestwww.usnews.com/news/world/a...
Greenhouse emissions from fires in the Amazon surge by 60% #politics#brazil#environmentalism#ClimateChange#AmazonRainforestagenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/geral/not...
Research published by the Climate Observatory shows that the blazes in the region emitted 31.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere from June to August.
Megafires in the Amazon Accelerate the Risk of Biome Collapse #politics#brazil#environmentalism#AmazonRainforestwww1.folha.uol.com.br/internaciona...