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Drought, forest fires turn Amazon into a source of carbon emissions
Prolonged drought with widespread forest fires is reducing the carbon uptake of the world's largest rainforest.
Amazon Rainforest
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The pristine beauty of 10 places people have not yet touched
10 places that people can not touch, so there is a pristine beauty, just look at it somewhere that is not our Earth.
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Unforgettable images of environmental disasters 2015
Cars on the roof of the mud after the mud in Brazil, the volcanic volcano in Chile or the hot asphalt for sunshine in India are haunting pictures of the 2015 environment…
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Beautiful Amazon natural forest comes to awe
The Amazon rainforest area covers about 7 million km2 with forest area accounting for about 5.5 million km2.
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Extracted from leaves of Vismia baccifera cured of liver cancer
According to The Daily Mail, scientists at the Basque Country University, Spain, have found a unique tree species in the Amazon rainforest that can help cure liver cance…