Tag: deforestation

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Philippines, prompting tsunami warnings from Philippine and Indonesian authorities. Residents in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines were asked to evacuate as authorities warned of waves...
A strong earthquake rattled northwestern Turkey on Sunday, prompting residents to evacuate their homes, emergency officials reported. The 5.4-magnitude quake struck near the town of Simav in Kutahya province at a shallow depth of 8 kilometers...

Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro’s last month

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures released Friday, a final bleak report...

Brazil’s Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few...

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, the INPE national space agency said Friday. The world's largest...

Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, a team led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, using climate models and satellite...

Record 1st-quarter deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new quarterly record in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year earlier, official data...

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