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What Amazon Deforestation Is Really Destroying
Every time a tree falls in the Amazon, the sound doesn’t just echo through the forest. It reverberates in the rain cycles that irrigate crops in Mato Grosso, in the air we breathe in cities, in pharmacies that haven’t been invented yet, and in the climate of a planet that can no longer afford more […]
Amazon Deforestation: Consequences for the Planet
The Amazon is burning. Not metaphorically, but literally — with fire hotspots multiplying each dry season, fueled by decades of progressive deforestation. For those watching from afar, it may seem like a distant problem, limited to the borders of a single country. But what happens in the world’s largest tropical rainforest reverberates in every corner […]
Amazon Deforestation: Real Consequences You Need to Know
Amazon Deforestation: Real Consequences You Need to Know The Amazon is not just a forest. It is the largest tropical biome on the planet, a living system that regulates the climate of entire continents, harbors about 10% of all known terrestrial biodiversity, and is home to hundreds of indigenous peoples. When we hear that hectares […]
Amazon Deforestation: What’s at Stake
The Alarm That Cannot Be Ignored The Amazon is often called the “lungs of the world” — and that’s no exaggeration. The planet’s largest tropical rainforest regulates the climate, harbors unparalleled biodiversity, and stores billions of tons of carbon that, if released, would drastically accelerate global climate change. But this green giant faces constant pressure, […]
Climate Change in Brazil: What’s Already Happening
Climate Change in Brazil: What’s Already Happening Brazil isn’t waiting for climate change to arrive. It’s already here. Anyone who lived through the summer of 2024 in the Southeast, witnessed the flames that swept through the Pantanal and the Amazon in 2024, or followed the floods that devastated Rio Grande do Sul in May 2024 […]
What Amazon Deforestation Does to the Planet
The Amazon is often called the “lungs of the planet” — and this metaphor, while popular, underestimates what the forest truly represents. More than producing oxygen, it regulates climate on a continental scale, harbors unparalleled biodiversity, and stores decades of accumulated carbon. When an Amazonian tree is felled, the impact doesn’t stay confined to that […]
Amazon Deforestation: Impacts That Are Changing the Climate
The Amazon is sending warning signals that the entire world needs to hear. In recent years, scientists have documented something that was once just theory: the richest tropical forest on the planet may be approaching a point of no return, a threshold beyond which significant parts of the Amazon would cease to sustain themselves as […]