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Unprecedented drought in the Amazon threatens to release huge stores of carbon – podcast

As world leaders and their climate negotiators gathered at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in early December, on the other side of the world, Brazil was experiencing an unprecedented drought in the Amazon. Scientists fear it could release of billions of additional tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2023

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia

Forest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Record-breaking wildfires blanket Brazil

The blazes comes on top of a drought that has left some river communities stranded

Salon · Oct 18, 2023

If Brazil legalizes more Amazon mining, it would drive deforestation, study says

Legalizing mining on indigenous land and other protected areas in Brazil's Amazon rainforest would lead to thousands of square kilometers in new deforestation, according to a study published on Thursday.

Reuters · Jul 28, 2022