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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

The Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers an area of 6 million square kilometres in northern South America [1]. Unfortunately for the species that inhabit the rainforest, 75% of Amazonian soils are acidic, infertile, and nutrient-deficient [3]. Transport of Saharan dust to the Amazon rainforest. References.

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HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

Circle of Blue

Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue –– August 16, 2021. Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical weather and rainforests, the south is historically dry, comprising vast desert stretches. The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement established a $100 billion yearly budget to aid developing nations combat climate change.

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COP28: Sombre climate report indicates we are on track for 3 degrees C warming

A Greener Life

This is double the target that world leaders agreed to in 2015, when the Paris Agreement deal was struck and subsequently implemented. These would see the melting of the world’s ice sheets and the drying out of the Amazon rainforest – just to quote some examples. degrees C ( Anders, I don`t understand this.`

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Environmental Ministry and Brazil ). o C global warming scenario.

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Emergency?

Legal Planet

According to the Center for International Environmental Law as of April 2023, the World Bank “has financed and incentivized up to $165 billion in fossil fuel investments since the Paris Agreement was signed [in 2015].” trillion or 6.8 percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4

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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

Legal Planet

The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. Jason Gray: This year has seen some really sobering news on the tropical deforestation front. So, to start to see some bright spots like Brazil is incredibly heartening. Colombia has also seen year-over-year gains, right?

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

Instead, the bank continued to fund nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel projects into 2021 according to a report last month endorsed by a global consortium of environmental groups. At the beginning of COP 27, the Rainforest Action Network, in a report endorsed by many environmental groups, found that Bank of America, J.P.