‘Green lairds’ are buying vast estates in Scotland for carbon credits
A new class of landlords in Scotland is cultivating forests of native trees and monoculture conifer plantations with an eye ...
Modeling study suggests Amazon rainforest is more resilient than assumed
The impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists, activists, and citizens all over ...
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Slowdown of critical ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest
The weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could be bolstering rainfall over the Amazon, reducing the ...
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As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...
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In the Amazon, One Woman’s Ingenious Canopy Bridges Are Helping Monkeys Cross the Road Safely
Abra and Reconecta won the 2024 Whitley Award for Nature in honor of her work protecting the region's primates.
Isolated Indigenous man makes brief contact with outside world, then returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to ...
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What it takes to regrow a community after wildfire
As it recovers, Altadena looks to other wildfire-devastated communities that have replanted lawns, gardens, and green spaces ...
A conservationist is building bridges in the Amazon so monkeys can cross the road
Award-winning biologist Fernanda Abra’s Reconecta Project is building canopy bridges across highways in Brazil to protect ...
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5 animals that can regrow body parts
While all salamanders possess some level of regenerative ability, certain species can regrow their tails within weeks after shedding the original to evade predators. Starfish can not only grow ...
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Louisville entrepreneur's all-natural hair products help cancer patients regrow hair
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville entrepreneur is using her chemistry knowledge to create products that she says help cancer patients regrow their hair. Ira Porter was living a healthy life ...
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Isolated Indigenous man makes brief contact with outside world, then returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest
A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later, Brazilian authorities said.