Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’
Strict ‘safe zones’ protect Brazilian rainforest
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Designating strictly protected areas is more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than creating zones that allow for controlled removal of natural resources, experts say. Continue…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:02 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2013 16:05 - 0 Comments
Rancher mindset key to saving Amazon
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Debates about saving the Amazon rain forest often portray cattle ranchers as “bad guys,” but an anthropologist says it’s important to understand their perspectives, too. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 8, 2013 17:14 - 0 Comments
Christianity influences meat taboos in Amazon
STANFORD (US) — Christianity has changed the hunting habits and diets of native Amazonians, which could alter biodiversity in the region. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 27, 2012 17:03 - 1 Comment
Amazon’s diversity loss shows up in the soil
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers worry that a loss of genetic variation in microbial communities in the Amazon’s converted agricultural land could negatively affect the entire ecosystem. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 18, 2012 13:03 - 3 Comments
Soil controls where phosphorus ends up
BROWN (US) — Looking at soybean crops in Brazil, Argentina, and Iowa reveals that soils have taken on a new role: mediating the environmental consequences of modern farming. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 14, 2012 13:21 - 2 Comments
Can Amazon trees survive global warming?
UCL (UK) — Tree species in the Amazon are likely to survive climate warming in the coming century, having already weathered temperatures higher than any worst case scenario forecast for the year 2100. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2012 10:18 - 3 Comments
For Tsimane, birth control access may not cut fertility
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — For an indigenous group who live in the lowlands of Bolivia’s Amazon basin, access to contraception and education doesn’t necessarily lead to lower fertility, a new study suggests. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 2, 2012 11:34 - 2 Comments
100 years of rain recorded in Amazon tree rings
U. LEEDS (US) — Researchers have used tree rings from eight cedars in Bolivia to determine how much it has rained over the Amazon basin during the past century. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 10, 2012 11:24 - 1 Comment
Will loss of Amazon forests reduce rain?
U. LEEDS (UK) — The destruction of tropical rainforests could reduce rain across the Amazon basin in the dry season by as much as 21 percent by 2050, experts report. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 23, 2012 11:52 - 1 Comment
Amazon basin shows signs of stress
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Human land-use activity has begun to change the regional water and energy cycles of parts of the Amazon basin. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2011 11:03 - 0 Comments
Sugarcane: Climate’s double-edged sword
STANFORD (US) — Depending on the comparison, farming sugarcane for biofuel is either better for the environment or worse. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 22, 2011 16:52 - 7 Comments
Gold rush stripping Peruvian Amazon
DUKE (US) — Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon has increased six-fold in recent years, as small-scale miners, enticed by record gold prices, blast and clear the lowland rainforest. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 4, 2011 15:23 - 1 Comment
Amazon droughts could tip carbon scale
U. LEEDS (UK) — Two major droughts have scientists concerned that the Amazon rainforest will shift from being a carbon sponge to being a major greenhouse gas producer. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 19, 2010 11:21 - 2 Comments
Amazon megastorm felled half a billion trees
TULANE (US)—A single, violent storm that swept across the Amazon forest in 2005 killed half a billion trees, far more than previously suspected, according to the first study to produce an actual body count of the losses. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 7, 2010 14:50 - 0 Comments
Journey to center of Amazon’s unpaved heart
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—During his unprecedented expedition into the heart of the Amazon, geographer Bob Walker discovered surprising evidence that many of the Brazilian government’s efforts to protect the environment are working. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2009 10:47 - 1 Comment
Dolphins zoom with ‘delta-wing’ flippers
DUKE (US)—Much like the wings of a Concorde jet, a dolphin’s swept-back flippers help it lift at low speeds and move efficiently when zooming through the sea. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 20, 2009 15:57 - 0 Comments
Henry Ford’s forgotten jungle city
NYU (US)—At a time when Detroit’s status as a hub of the automobile industry is in grave doubt comes a book by New York University’s Greg Grandin that chronicles a little-known Henry Ford endeavor aimed at creating a more perfect American company town in the Brazilian Amazon—and, with it, a Midwestern America of the automaker’s imagination. (more…)
