New research on the way air carries moisture confirms that deforestation has a major effect on tropical rainfall. A team from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found that over large regions of the tropics air […]
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Anti-logging activist Jose Ribeiro murdered
An Amazon environmental activist and his wife were killed late on Monday and the crime is being investigated as a possible assassination to silence the outspoken forest defender, according to police. José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, also known by his nickname of […]
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