Tag: brazil

I would have been fine with just the green head and yellow belly, honestly.

A total 4,281 square miles of forest were cleared in the 12 months leading to August.

The Amazon is burning while President Bolsonaro is almost cheering from the sidelines.

The Amazon fires have now reached the Pantanal amid a severe drought.

The story of last year is repeating itself.

No sign of things slowing down in the most affected countries.

Things could get much worse in the coming months.

New records for largest and longest-lasting lightning bolts

The smoke from the forest fires could pile on the burden caused by the pandemic.

Another likely attempt by the Bolsonaro administration to downplay the pandemic.

Satellite data shows that 2019 was the third most devastating year since the turn of the century.

The country is only behind the US in number of positive COVID-19 cases

The country surpassed Russia and is now behind the US

The rate of deforestation rose by 55% in the first four months of the year compared to 2019.

As the president ignores the problem, mass graves are being dug across the country.

The region could turn into a savanna in just a few decades

The researchers plan to search for compounds (or existing drugs) that can kill the new parasite efficiently.

More than 34,000 fires have so far affected Bolivia.

Technically, it's piles of construction waste, in the termites' eyes.

There is no cure for yellow fever, but there is a vaccine.