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Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo on Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction.

Claudia Flores Iriate and Sean McCallum were strangers who met at a hostel in Lima in 2008. It was Claudia’s first day working there and Sean’s first evening in Lima when the two crossed paths at a Halloween party, changing the course of their lives.

Postdocs in their thirties are less happy in their careers, overall, than are their peers in their twenties. Plus, ancient rock carvings exposed by severe drought and how the Israel–Hamas war affects scientists. Postdocs in their thirties are less happy in their careers, overall, than are their peers in their twenties. Plus, ancient rock carvings exposed by severe drought and how the Israel–Hamas war affects scientists.

Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo on Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction. Delegates from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and dozens of other countries at the Three Basins Summit in Brazzaville are hoping to form a coalition of […]

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EXCLUSIVE: John Bathgate, 35, and Ian Roberts, 34, were attempting a world-first expedition across 3,186 miles of the Amazon River from its highest point in Ecuador to Brazils coast.

A drought in South America has revealed long-hidden, ancient carvings of human faces. Water levels of the Amazon River have dropped amid unusually sparse rainfall in Brazil, uncovering ancient art normally hidden by the shoreline. Among the rocks revealed by the drought are carvings of human faces dating from thousands of years ago. MISSING SHIPWRECK

São Paulo, Oct 25 (EFE).- The expansion of mining activities in the Amazon River basin, the world’s largest, threatens over 33% of the region’s untouched tropical rainforests spanning eight countries, according to a study released by the NGO Earth InSight. The study released Tuesday reveals that over 170 million hectares of these pristine forests “overlap …

Today there are over 300,000 Brazilians living in Japan, mainly as workers in factories. They came from various corners of the enormous country. In their midst, I find meaning in my ministry today as a Divine Word missionary.

The petroglyphs are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old.