Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A reporting trip to a forest in Chile made me think deeper about the relationships we need to cope with life on a hotter planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/climate/what-fungi-can-teach-us.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A major milestone in the protection of Colombia’s landscapes and seascapes Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/securing-colombia-s-heritage
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil are home to the world’s biggest rainforests. Their challenges are similar, but on climate they are pursuing divergent paths. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/climate/rainforest-brazil-congo.html
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Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brazil had the largest share of tree loss last year, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bolivia. Indonesia showed improvement. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/climate/deforestation-tree-loss.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Miguel Chasoy, a young Inga-Kamëntšá Indigenous man living in Putumayo, Colombia, started a business as an artisan and received a grant for financial and technical support. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/supporting-the-indigenous-economy-in-putumayo-colombia
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Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Set aside for an isolated Indigenous group, the Brazilian preserve Ituna-Itatá has now been heavily deforested — a grim illustration of the intractable forces destroying the Amazon. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/magazine/amazon-rainforest-ituna-itata.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden is rethinking relationships with allies as well as rivals — including China, Iran and Venezuela — to counter President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/us/politics/biden-ukraine-diplomacy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The findings, related to gold mining in Peru, provide new evidence of how people are altering ecosystems in dangerous ways around the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/climate/amazon-forest-mercury-peru.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The leases, reinstated during the Trump years, would have allowed a Chilean mining conglomerate to dig for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/climate/boundary-waters-copper-mining.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Politicians have called for a pause in new mining contracts for lithium, which is in high demand for electric car batteries but is at the heart of a debate in Chile over mines, water rights and inequality. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/climate/lithium-chile.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/chile-constitution-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment His ambitious, long-running project in Brazil explored the impact of deforestation on animals and plants — and how to deal with it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/thomas-lovejoy-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile tiene grandes reservas de litio que son esenciales para la transición del mundo a la energía verde. Pero el descontento por los poderosos intereses mineros, la desigualdad y la crisis del agua han hecho que el país empiece a repensarse. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/12/28/espanol/chile-consitucion-cambio-climatico.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In northeast Brazil, local officials say they have never before seen flooding on this scale. Tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/world/americas/brazil-floods-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/climate/chile-constitution-lithium-water-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brazil’s northeast, long a victim of droughts, is now effectively turning into a desert. The cause? Climate change and the landowners who are most affected. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/world/americas/brazil-climate-change-barren-land.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brazil committed this month to end illegal deforestation in eight years, but a government report raises questions about its intent and ability to meet that target. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/americas/brazil-amazon-deforestation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An examination of Brazil’s immense tannery industry shows how hides from illegally deforested ranches can easily reach the global marketplace. In the United States, much of the demand for Brazilian leather comes from automakers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/climate/leather-seats-cars-rainforest.html