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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.
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Indonesia and the US cooperate to protect tropical rain forests
In October 2009, President Yudhoyono announced that Indonesia would cut CO2 emissions by 26% by 2020, of which 40% would be implemented with international support.
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Detects shock under the Arctic ice shelf
This finding was compared to NASA's finding the Amazon rainforest in the heart of the Mojave desert. DailyMail page reported, scientists have found an extremely interest…
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Measuring carbon to save tropical forests
After a period of measurement, scientists from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) have released official data on the amount of carbon stored in tropical forests in Sr…
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Recreate the middle tropical jungle
For the first time, scientists carried out the reconstruction of a typical Vietnamese tropical forest based on plantation. 30ha of eucalyptus forest, pine tree, acacia m…
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Drought in the Amazon forest causes climate change
On February 9, experts from the Amazon rainforest in South America have accelerated the climate change process in the meteorological regions of the United Nations and in…
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Tropical forests disappeared 300 million years ago
Global warming has cleared tropical forests about 300 million years ago. This event takes place in the Carbon, ...
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'Must act urgently to save life'
The United Nations calls on the world to act immediately to prevent the dizzying decline of animals and plants on Earth.
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Much of the rainforest ecosystem will be destroyed
A study shows that the majority of animals and plants in tropical forests today will not survive after 90 years of climate change and deforestation.
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7 changes if the Earth gets hotter
If the earth's temperature continues to rise, the Amazon rainforest can become desert, the Maldives island nation can disappear forever, and the Sahara desert will becom…
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Gum does not stick and self-destruct
The world's first non-stick gum after being used has been sold in the UK.
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Tropical rainforests around the world are reviving
The tropical rainforests around the world are resurrecting, but young trees may not be as resilient as many wild animals.
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The Amazon forest is greener when the sun is drought!
This phenomenon almost goes against the natural law. Drought makes the Amazon rainforest, located between 9 South American countries getting more and more green - accord…
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Many plants in tropical rainforest can link seed dispersal
A recent study shows that the distribution of trees in tropical rainforests is highly dependent on how each species releases seeds. Research helps explain how many trees…
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The Amazon forest is in danger of turning into a desert
The Amazon rainforest could become desert, and this could speed up the global warming process with