Zika virus panic spreads

Twenty countries affected, some propose radical measures

LATIN AMERICA

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Francisco de Orellana would be stunned and stupefied by the low water levels in the Amazon: Buddy Levy

Down To Earth speaks to Idaho-based author of 2011 book on the first voyage to navigate the Amazon river in 1542

El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru

More floods to be expected, says the national weather service

The new breadbasket

A farmer & a melting glacier: Why German judges are on a trip to Peru

Judges, experts from Germany arrive in Huarez, Peru to assess risk

Global food companies fail to ensure deforestation-free beef

No initiative by top global brands to check deforestation in South America, finds study

Venezuela food crisis, fallout of a mismanaged economy

A whopping 87 per cent of Venezuelans say they don't have money to buy enough food

Brazil forest fire threatens local tribe

Loggers have been accused of starting fires to drive away the indigenous people

People protest

People from nine Latin American cities come together to raise their voice against pollution

Living on the edge

Extreme weather is outpacing even the worst-case scenarios of our forecasting models

Hurricane Otis gave Acapulco, Mexico almost no time to prepare

ST LUCIA

Phytoplankton influences cloud formation

UNCCD COP14: Desertification, land degradation hit poor hardest

Climate change drives migration but many can’t even move out: Report 

Custard apples belong to South America, or India?

Worst yellow fever outbreak in decades kills hundreds of rare monkeys in Brazil

Over 600 monkeys have died in rainforest region with no provision for vaccinating them

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

Want to eat fish tomorrow? Halt climate change, overfishing today

Stocks could drop by a third if no action taken 

Water mark

First cases of avian flu found in Antarctic region

Researchers identify species and areas most vulnerable to spread of infection

A complement, not a substitute

Cash transfer is effective only if basic services are in place

Sao Paulo

Lethal messenger

El Niño brings deadly disease to South America