Hacker News with Generative AI: Amazon Rainforest

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit (bbc.com)
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Amazon Rainforest, Climate Change, Deforestation, Brazil, COP30

25 points by RickJWagner 21 days ago | 0 comments

Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after sinkholes appear (theguardian.com)
Authorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state of emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes.

Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Emergency Response

7 points by tosh 39 days ago | 0 comments

Man from uncontacted tribe emerges in Amazon, villagers demonstrate a lighter (apnews.com)
In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses said Thursday.

Indigenous Peoples, Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Anthropology, Culture

47 points by geox 45 days ago | 53 comments

Amazon deforestation declines to lowest level in a decade (tdynews.com)
Brazil has reported a significant reduction in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, with the loss of trees decreasing by 31% over the past year.

Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Brazil, Environmental News, Conservation

5 points by Sontho 47 days ago | 0 comments

Illegal logging footprint in the Amazon expanded by a fifth, report finds (mongabay.com)
Illegal logging in the Amazon jumped by 19% over the past year, according to a new report.

Environment, Amazon Rainforest, Illegal Logging, Deforestation

6 points by PaulHoule 145 days ago | 0 comments

A Changing Climate Is Scorching the Amazon, the World's Biggest River (nytimes.com)
The world’s largest river is parched.

Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest, Environment, Rivers

5 points by bookofjoe 176 days ago | 1 comments

Drought has dried an Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 year (apnews.com)
One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.

Climate Change, Environment, Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Drought

8 points by Capstanlqc 178 days ago | 0 comments

Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low (bbc.com)
Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says.

Amazon Rainforest, Drought, Climate Change, Brazil

4 points by Link_ke 195 days ago | 0 comments

Study shows most Amazon beef and soy demand comes from Brazil – not exports (mongabay.com)
A study shows that an area equivalent to nine times the size of Greater London was deforested in the Brazilian Amazon in 2015 to address the demand for beef from other parts of the country.

Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Brazil, Agriculture, Beef

24 points by PaulHoule 203 days ago | 2 comments

Tree mortality may lead to carbon tipping point in the Amazon by 2050s (phys.org)

Amazon Rainforest, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Deforestation

9 points by PaulHoule 219 days ago | 2 comments

New datasets identify which crops deforest the Amazon, and where (mongabay.com)

Deforestation, Amazon Rainforest, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Data Science

21 points by PaulHoule 227 days ago | 1 comments

Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50M for damage to Amazon (theguardian.com)

Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Environment, Law

15 points by ohjeez 248 days ago | 0 comments

New images show uncontacted tribe dangerously close to logging concessions (survivalinternational.org)