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Amazon Deforestation Linked to Long Distance Climate Warming

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr. Edward Butt at the University of Leeds, suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface—and that effect […]

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Amazon Deforestation Hits Six-Year Low

Data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows that about 192 square miles of forest were cleared last month, compared to 574 square miles last July. The data appears to show a significant shift after Brazil’s hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro lost re-election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known colloquially as Lula, in October 2022. Under Bolsonaro, deforestation increased, spiking […]

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