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Hawaii does not often experience wildfires, and life did not evolve defenses to fire. However, with the rapid acceleration of heat and drought from global warming, that has changed for the North Pacific island chain. With help from the rainforest's...
by Pakalolo
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 02:49 AM PST
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HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 02:53 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 08:59 PM PDT
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On May 1, 13- year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy and her younger siblings Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9, Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4, and 11 month-old infant Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy were going to leave their Amazonian village of Ararcuara and accompany...
by Tevye
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on Sun Jun 11, 2023 at 02:13 PM PDT
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Walking through an old growth forest is a spiritual experience.� Pause and look around.� Thick trunks reach up to the sky. �Sunlight rays barely reach to dapple the forest floor. �Smell the air.� ...
by BrownsBay
108 comments
on Tue Jan 31, 2023 at 07:00 AM PST
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"President Biden Saves Tongass: North America's Crown Jewel of Rainforests Protected in Epic Victory The heart of the Tongass National Forest beat with the pulse of life. Bears roamed the dense woods, bald eagles soared above, and five species of salmon swam in the crystal-clear streams. But for over 20 years, the Tongass had been at the center of a...
by poeticsnewspoet
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on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 08:01 PM PST
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit a horrific 27,800 square kilometers in 2003. But from there it fell to 4,600 square kilometers by 2012, with ups and downs over the next six years, but never again rising above 7,900 squre kilometers....
by Meteor Blades
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on Fri Jul 22, 2022 at 06:02 AM PDT
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The New River Nature Center, in southern Coastal Oregon, is a seldom-visited treasure, where a series of trails brings you through the immense beauty that can be found in coastal Oregon's forests: from inland sand dunes to river channels to temperate...
by Username4242
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on Wed May 18, 2022 at 11:27 AM PDT
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Some Sunday adventures and beauty in nature! The aptly named Hidden Beach is a truly spectacular section of the Oregon coastline, dropping from amazing coastal rainforests into a beach lined by beautiful jagged rocky islands.
by Username4242
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on Sun May 30, 2021 at 04:08 PM PDT
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Found another break in the survey work, and decide to hike down the Cape Sebastian trail, south of Gold Beach Oregon. The Oregon coast is such a spectacular place. Soon: a long weekend means my first journeys into the Washington coast and rainforest!
by Username4242
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on Sun May 16, 2021 at 12:22 PM PDT
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Fires are still raging in the Amazon, but the media seem to have returned to business as usual. This is very possibly the most important issue on earth. We must not look away until the fires have been extinguished. We can fight the fires by boycotting...
by SDIanaS
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on Sun Oct 06, 2019 at 08:50 PM PDT
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On the morning of Sept. 24, I joined a coalition of indigenous leaders and climate activists to deliver a letter from the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), as well as more than 260,000 petition signatures from Daily Kos and several...
by Ntebo Mokuena
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on Fri Oct 04, 2019 at 12:41 PM PDT
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Burning the rainforest isn’t an ordinary crime. It’s a crime against humanity and a crime against the ecosystems of the world — and all for a fistful of dollars. Years ago when I first learned they were burning rainforest I cried, I made paintings...
by Colorado Blue
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 03:44 PM PDT
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Environmental News is a Depressing Mess My weekly digest of news is always harrowing. Just this week, I received the news that hundreds of acres of ecologically important Amazon Rainforest are burning, The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is on its last...
by KPMauros13
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on Fri Aug 30, 2019 at 11:55 AM PDT
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8-28-2019: Precious life on Earth hangs in the balance, and is subject to the whim of politics. Meanwhile, the Brazilian rain forest, being an integral part of that which sustains all life on Earth, is far too subject to mankind's behaviors. It...
by terrified
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on Wed Aug 28, 2019 at 09:23 AM PDT
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For weeks, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been bemoaning his inability to do anything about the fires in the Amazon. After all, it’s a big area, he has limited funds, and … large shrug. But with the forest that’s been called “the lungs of the...
by Mark Sumner
146 comments
on Tue Aug 27, 2019 at 05:41 AM PDT
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This will be a quick link to the opinion piece in the headline. It’s a vital part of the picture on both issues. Everyone and everything connects, for better or for worse. www.bloomberg.com/...
by jhop7
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on Sun Aug 25, 2019 at 07:05 AM PDT
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The very first rule of understanding an autocracy is to Believe the Autocrat. When someone promises that they will destroy whole peoples and intentionally wreck the environment—believe them. When Jair Bolsonaro was running for president of Brazil, he...
by Mark Sumner
70 comments
on Fri Aug 23, 2019 at 07:43 AM PDT
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Will Global Outrage Matter
The Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro may turn out to be burned by the fires it is allowing to burn up the Amazon rainforest. Brazil’s environment minister ...
by Austin Bailey
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on Fri Aug 23, 2019 at 10:33 AM PDT
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Dogs and Cats for Castro Julian Castro may be a political genius. His just released animal welfare plan is the first of its kind in a national political campaign. It’s also about time that as a country we take a national approach to animal welfare. Two...
by Austin Bailey
11 comments
on Wed Aug 21, 2019 at 06:20 AM PDT
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