10/21/20 3:01PM
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A 28-year-old Brazilian resident participating in a covid-19 vaccine trial run by AstraZeneca and the University of…
8/28/20 3:44PM
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Major fires in the Brazilian Amazon are being set at an unprecedented rate. Between May 28 and Aug. 25, 2020, more…
8/07/20 5:50PM
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up. Way up.
7/26/20 2:01PM
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Infamous coronavirus skeptic Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, triumphantly declared on Saturday that he had…
6/07/20 7:33PM
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U.S. President Donald Trump apparently isn’t the only world leader unhappy with the World Health Organization (WHO)…
5/29/20 10:19AM
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Here’s our roundup of the latest developments and research into covid-19, including more evidence of racial…
5/13/20 9:25AM
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When the Amazon Rainforest burns, illegal loggers and miners are typically to blame. In the past, indigenous…
4/13/20 6:10PM
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Activity in most of the world has come to a halt due to the spread of the coronavirus, but illegal logging and land…
3/25/20 12:10AM
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Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro sparked protests with a Tuesday evening address in which he claimed the…
3/04/20 4:26PM
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Twitter is testing a new feature in Brazil that auto-deletes tweets after just one day in a move it says is intended…
2/26/20 11:30AM
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2/11/20 6:00PM
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Scientists in Brazil say they’ve made a mysterious discovery. They claim to have found a virus made of genetic…
1/21/20 11:38AM
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Journalist firebrand Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes by federal prosecutors in Brazil, according…
1/09/20 12:13PM
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Last year was certainly the year of fire, and the Amazon was at the epicenter of it as humans used fires to clear…
11/22/19 10:53AM
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Fiza Pirani
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When Omar El Akkad returned to the playground where he snuck his first kiss as a teenager in Doha, Qatar, he was…
10/31/19 2:44PM
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Nithin Coca
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This has been a watershed year for tropical forests—and not in a good way. Massive fires have burned through…
10/31/19 12:18PM
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On Wednesday, Chile announced it would no longer host an international climate conference despite it being a little…
10/02/19 11:40AM
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In September, fires in the Amazon Rainforest dropped dramatically both compared to the number of fires the region…
9/17/19 1:20PM
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Criminals, violence, and illegal activity drive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new report.…
9/16/19 6:00PM
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An experimental trial to reduce the number of mosquitoes in a Brazilian town by releasing genetically modified…