Colombia this month enacted a landmark law designed to stop deforestation connected to cattle ranching, a move that environmental groups say could provide a model for the wider Amazon region, where livestock production is a leading driver of tree loss in the world’s largest and most climate-critical rainforest. The law will require that cattle are […]
A nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could be resized to accommodate its passage. If approved, the Ferrogrão, or “grain train,” would run alongside a notoriously clogged and troubled road known […]
The number of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report published by the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, also known as Imazon. In total, 1,460 square kilometers (564 square miles) of land were cut down […]
Many villages in the Amazon basin have no roads, and solar and batteries are replacing diesel generators that are supplied by boat.
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Komprimierte Informationen über die Möglichkeiten, die AMOC durch Geoengineering, vor allem durch die Injektion von Aerosolen in die Stratosphäre, am Umkippen zu hindern (Wieners & Breeze, 2026). Claudia Wieners ist eine Spezialistin für Geoengineering und für die Tipping Points im Klimasystem. Im ersten Teil des Gesprächs geht es darum, dass die AMOC (also das Strömungssystem […]
https://youtu.be/KnCxxncchEQ?si=NsIVz1YMAxBDItWC Komprimierte Informationen über die Möglichkeiten, die AMOC durch Geoengineering, vor allem durch die Injektion von Aerosolen in die Stratosphäre, am Umkippen zu hindern (Wieners & Breeze, 2026). Claudia Wieners ist eine Spezialistin für Geoengineering und für die Tipping Points im Klimasystem. Im ersten Teil des Gesprächs geht es darum, dass die…
MAIKIUANTS, Ecuador—By the time Olger Kitiar reached the ridge, his shirt was wet with sweat, clinging to his back. Built with the solid frame of a linebacker, he moved through the rainforest with a quick, even rhythm that defied the steep, slick climb. Then he froze. “Stop,” he hissed in Spanish, his hand snapping up. […]