Tag: rainforest

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Antarctica some 90 million years ago was a temperate, swampy rainforest

  

  Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow but has not always been that way. Earth's southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life, scientists said on Wednesday based on pristinely preserved forest soil they retrieved by drilling under the seafloor off Antarctica's coast.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:11 UTC

  Amazon deforestation soared 85% in twelve months of 2019, Brazil's Space Research

  

  Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest number in at least five years, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 08:00 UTC

  Record deforestation in the Amazon rainforest confirms official Brazilian data

  

  Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 12:55 UTC

  No end in Brazil to controversy, while deforestation continues: 67% increase over the same period last year

  

  Deforestation in Brazil's rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil's space research agency, which the government has attacked as misleading and harmful to the national interest.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian chief Raoni on a European tour to counter growing threats to Amazon

  

  Brazil's legendary indigenous chief Raoni arrived in Paris on Sunday for the start of a three-week tour across Europe where he will meet heads of state, celebrities and the Pope to highlight growing threats to the Amazon.