What Brazil's presidential election means for the Amazon rainforest
Rampant deforestation under Jair Bolsonaro has turned Brazil into the sixth largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
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Rampant deforestation under Jair Bolsonaro has turned Brazil into the sixth largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Rampant deforestation under Jair Bolsonaro has turned Brazil into the sixth largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
In Brazil's elections, a Bolsonaro loss and win for Lula could decrease deforestation in the Amazon by 89 percent over the next 10 years.
Confining conservation efforts to only 30% of Earth’s land may render a fifth of mammals and a third of birds at high risk of extinction by 2030, according to a new study. If that 30% were to be strictly conserved without accounting for food production, it could also result in food shortages and insecurity. Known […]
Nuclear energy – The solution to climate change? S cience Dir ect, NikolausMuellnerNikolausArnoldKlausGuflerWolfgangKrompWolfgangRennebergWolfgangLiebertI Institute of Safety- and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Received 24 August 2020, Revised 7 April 2021, Accepted 4 May 2021, Available online 16 May 2021. Abstract With increased awareness of climate change in recent years nuclear energy has received renewed attention. Positions that attribute nuclear energy an important role in climate change mitigation emerge. We estimate an upper bo...