How can individuals become more informed and engaged citizens on issues related to the Amazon?

Aug 31, 2015 ... The susceptibility of southeastern Amazon forests to fire: insights from a large-scale burn experiment. Jun 14, 2023 ... Solar panels are powering appliances that allow residents in the village of Porto Rico to refrigerate and freeze food. Apr 22, 2025 ... April 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Explore how benefit-sharing policies, public participation, and indigeneity influence natural resource conflicts ... A new predictive framework for Amazon forest fire smoke dispersion over South America has been developed based on the Weather Research and Forecasting with ... Compared to the slow process of vegetation growth and carbon assimilation, rapid mortality, and biomass consumption by forest fires favor grass species as ... Mar 5, 2025 ... What's the context? South America's vulnerable Amazon rainforest region is a rising frontier for oil and gas drilling. RIO DE JANEIRO - At the ... Jan 17, 2025 ... We used a U-Net model adapted for regression to map the mean tree canopy height in the Amazon forest from Planet NICFI images at ~4.78 m spatial resolution. Apr 15, 2011 ... Between July and September 2010, severe drought gripped the Amazon Basin. The Negro River, a tributary of the Amazon, reached its lowest level ... Jan 27, 2023 ... Lapola et al. synthesized the drivers and outcomes of Amazon forest degradation from timber extraction and habitat fragmentation, fires, and drought. Apr 4, 2024 ... While the Amazon Basin is home to the world's largest tropical rainforest, the region consists of myriad other ecosystems ranging from natural ...