The city is located nearly 930 miles (1,500km) from the nearest ocean and its population has doubled since 1990.

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The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience other "profound ...

Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study.

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A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

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Scientists have known for some time now that tropical birds are falling in number. In general, the cause has been attributed ...