Environment
Half of the Amazon rainforest is at risk of turning into savanna
More than half of the Amazon rainforest in South America could turn into savanna in the next few decades, according to a new study.
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Life
The Amazon forest could become the next source of corona virus
Ecologist David Lapola warned that the next pandemic could originate from the Amazon rainforest because humans are increasingly invading animal habitats.
Environment
The carbon emissions from forest fires in Australia are similar to the emissions of Amazon forest fires
Carbon emissions from forest fires raging in Australia are on par with the carbon emissions caused by the Amazon rainforest fire disaster last year.
Biology
Amazon forest trees have longer leaves than adults
Coccoloba gigantifolia grows 15 meters tall, has 2.5 meter long leaves, most likely the largest leafy species of the dicotyledonous plants.
Biology
Found the tallest tree in the Amazon forest
International scientists announced the discovery of a giant legume tree as tall as 88 meters in a reserve in the Amazon rainforest.
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Supertanker, the unique wonder of the fire department is trying to save the Amazon forest
Wildlife living in tropical rain forests in Brazil can look up to the sky, see the red cape fluttering in the wind and affirm:
Environment
The New York Times: Analysis of satellite images has pinpointed the culprit in the Amazon forest fire
The satellite analysis has pinpointed the culprit of wildfires, and that can be said to be hard to deny.
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Terrible mysteries in the Amazon jungle
The surface of the Amazon forest is up to 7 million km2, which is known as the largest 'green lung' of the planet.
Environment
Terrible consequences of the Amazon forest fire
Amazon forest fires, the planet's lungs, will cause human and Earth to suffer catastrophic consequences.
New technology
Amazon tree rescue tool by typing
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Environment
NASA said: Amazon forest fire has exceeded the continent
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Health
How does Amazon forest fire affect human health?
People exposed to dust and smoke from the Amazon forest fire are at risk of being destroyed in the respiratory system, leaving behind sequelae.
Environment
Watch out for the animals that died when the Amazon forest was visited by the 'firewoman'
More than 9,000 large and small forest fires in many parts of the Amazon rainforest have made Brazil public.
Environment
Shocking photos of the Amazon forest burst into record speed
Fires are raging with record speed in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Scientists warn that it could inflict a tremendous blow to the fight against climate change.
Environment
The Amazon forest was big, and the smoke could be seen from the orbit
Drought, deforestation and many other factors combined, we have a natural disaster: Earth's green lungs are on fire!