Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer, meat
The growth of Nâ‚‚O emissions is alarming, but people have the knowledge and many of the technologies to reverse the ...
Tag: Brazil
Could Brazil’s catastrophic flooding cause extinctions?
Floods and sea level rise could have an impact on red-bellied toads, estuarine glass snakes and greater guinea pigs.
Tropical forest loss puts target of zero deforestation by 2030 further out of reach
Forest loss, particularly in the tropics, releases huge volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Climate change and conflict exacerbate global food crisis
The United Nations' World Food Program calls it 'a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions.'
Areas of Brazilian Amazon neglected in research face high risk from climate change
An estimated 23.5% of the Brazilian Amazon is already deforested, while 27.3% is projected to be deforested by 2050.
Protecting Amazon forests protects Florida from climate change
The massive Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, is the most important carbon dioxide vacuum cleaner we’ve got on land.
Brazilian agribusiness is killing the Amazon. The international community can help stop it
Brazil’s president promisedto achieve zero deforestation and reduce illegal mining in the Amazon to fight climate change,. but the Amazon ...
On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, we’re reminded that the planet’s future hinges on rejecting the two Big Lies
 By Mark Hertsgaard, Covering Climate Now A year ago, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy were fleeing for their lives as ...
The pandemic has taught us that we can respond to harsh scientific facts; it’s time we do the same about the climate crisis
By Aria McKenna, The CLEO Institute As countries have responded to the pandemic by shuttering factories, reducing air travel and ...
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