With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to ...

Another cause of deforestation is fires, which can occur due to either natural causes like lightning and drought or be man-made. Often, fire is purposefully used to convert forests into areas for ...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country's Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last ...

Amazon deforestation causes strong regional warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2023; 120 (45) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309123120 Cite This Page : ...

Initial signs, however, are that those concerns did not materialize. Deforestation in the Amazon causes the loss of many species and their habitats, negatively impacts indigenous people and their ...

The research paper -- Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation-- is published today (Wed, March 1st) in the scientific journal Nature. The researchers looked at the ...

Deforestation not only causes the loss of important natural resources, it also contributes to global warming. Deforestation is the cause of about 20 percent of carbon dioxide emissions globally ...

THE COCOA supply chain, much like a high-end bar of chocolate, is complex, opaque and a little nutty. Farmers, mainly in West Africa, sell their crop to local intermediaries, who in turn sell to ...

WHAT CAUSES THE FIRES? Unlike wildfires in Europe ... Between August 2020 and July 2021, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon soared 22% to its highest level since 2006, according to the ...