Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climatic tipping point is closer than we think
Scientists confirm that we are indeed in a climate emergency
‘The Amazon recycles water’
Down To Earth speaks to environmental scientist Deborah Lawrence on the Amazon blazes
‘World must share responsibility for Amazon fires’
The number of fires in Brazil this year have jumped 83% over last year
Global Eco Watch: ‘Eco disaster’ unfolding on Kamchatka beach
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Global Eco Watch: Komodo dragons could become extinct soon due to climate change
India lost 668,400 ha forests in 5 years, 2nd highest globally: Report
India was ranked between Brazil and Indonesia in UK-based firm’s report
Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn
Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis
Hike in soy production in Brazil linked to higher child cancer deaths, finds study
Notes rise in pesticide use with soy expansion; timely mitigation mitigated link between expansion and cancer incidences
Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change
Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake
New species known as northern green anaconda
Amazon’s future bleak unless environmental protection and industrial development policies are overhauled: Aline Carrara
Down To Earth speaks to social scientist Aline Carrara on what the drought in the Amazon means for humanity’s future
Climate crisis is already affecting the Brazilian Amazon
The population of pink dolphins in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, fell by 65 per cent between 1994 and 2016; dolphins …
Drought in the Amazon: A tragedy announced
The severe drought affecting the Amazon is producing a human and environmental tragedy in the region, with the marginalised suffering the most
Amazon basin is in transition to an anthropogenic disturbance-dominated regime, mainly driven by globalisation
International support is urgently needed to strengthen national efforts to increase conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, for large-scale …
Why fires that scorched the Amazon are a planetary emergency
From the Arctic to the Amazon, fires are raging at an unprecedented scale, stoking an unfathomable fear: is the planet staring at an irreversible …
In Brazil’s rainforests, the worst fires are likely still to come
Bolsonaro inherited weakened environment laws that he seems to be bent on weakening further
More than 75% of Amazon rainforest near tipping point, may transform into dry savanna: Study
Researchers say it is not too late to act; reducing deforestation will protect the forest’s threatened parts and boost Amazon rainforest …
Belem Declaration: Amazon countries fail to agree on protection goals
At least 80 per cent of forest needs to be protected to avoid an irreversible tipping point
Brazil launches operation against mining mafia on Indigenous land
Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons; non-profit Amazon Watch asks for probe into those behind the ‘horror’
The Amazon fire: This and next time
Fires like the current one lead to wholesale irreversible changes in the structure and composition of forest ecosystems, impoverishing both their …
Fight fire with trade: How Europe can help save the Amazon
The EU is already responsible for hefty imports from the Mercosur bloc; it imports 10 million tonnes of soy (for livestock feed) and over 200,000 …
‘Due to the Amazon fires, we will lose the battle against climate change’
Down To Earth speaks to Aline Carrara, Brazilian researcher, social scientist and conservation practitioner with a focus on Amazonia about the …
Germany commits over $200 million for shattered Brazilian Amazon; but is it enough?
The flow of capital alone won’t combat the issue of deforestation until its amalgamation with government policies and laws regarding the …
Brazil lost rainforest the size of Jamaica in 2019-2020: Institute
There was a 9.5 per cent jump in deforestation of the Brazillian Amazon since 2019, in line with President Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-…
Nasa satellite imagery finds tremendous changes in Amazon in last 40 years
The scale of losses in forests land, increase in pasture land, shift in land use policy driven by economic forces are seen nowhere else in the world
