Leaders recognize the threat of a tipping point, but lack a concrete plan to halt deforestation and fossil fuel exploitation _SCIENCE
Tag: climate change
Protecting the Ozone Layer Is Delaying Arctic Melting
The Montreal Protocol has unintentionally slowed global warming and pushed back the first ice-free Arctic summer by 15 years _EOS
Testing the Resilience of the Amazon
A mega-experiment in Brazil will evaluate how tropical rainforests absorb carbon as emissions increase _EOS/AGU
In Brazil’s presidential race, the stakes for science and the environment are huge
A 2nd term for right-wing Jair Bolsonaro could further erode research and accelerate deforestation in the Amazon _SCIENCE
Falling Star
It was a source of pride for decades. But Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research is rapidly losing funding, brains—and hope _SCIENCE
No apagar das luzes
Cortes orçamentários, fuga de cérebros e ataques políticos desmoralizam o INPE, um ícone da ciência sul-americana _SCIENCE
Health in the Amazon
Local communities protect the rainforest but lack adequate healthcare _NATURE
Dangerous heat, unequal consequences
How two neighborhoods shaped by racial segregation became hotspots for sickening heat _CPI, MOTHER JONES, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, AZ CENTRAL
Deadly bacteria lurks in coastal waters as climate changes
_CPI, MOTHER JONES
09/21 – United for the climate
Thousands of people took to New York City’s streets demanding more attention to climate “There is no planet B”, “Forests aren’t for sale”, “Listen to indigenous peoples”, “Climate change is real, teach science,” are some of the messages written on signs carried by marchers who gathered this Sunday morning in the streets of Manhattan, New…
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