Grist
MARCH 14, 2023
Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil.
Grist
MARCH 14, 2023
Looking at more than 1,000 drought and flood events around the globe from 2002 to 2021, researchers analyzed their size, duration, and severity. The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil.
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Grist
JULY 20, 2023
Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 7, 2021
That chance encounter with Swan in Kotzebue led to Cole representing Kivalina in a lawsuit in 2002 against one of the world’s largest zinc mines, Teck Cominco’s Red Dog Mine, alleging that the Canadian mining giant was polluting the Wulik River. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 16, 2022
That’s ExxonMobil touting its “lower-emission solutions” and staff working to “develop our global strategy for creating sustainable energy” while planning a $10 billion investment in new oil and gas reserves in South America. Some researchers have called this “fossil fuel solutionism.” .
Green Market Oracle
JANUARY 2, 2020
These killings commonly take place in corrupt tropical and subtropical countries, particularly in Central and South America. As reported by the Guardian a recent report indicates that at least 1,558 environmental activists in 50 states were killed between 2002 and 2017. In 2018 164 environmental activists were slain.
Low Impact
JUNE 6, 2021
The gold that the Spanish stole from South America didn’t hang around in Spain for very long. This bullion from the new world formed the springboard for capitalism and the industrial revolution, but Spain and Portugal didn’t benefit. The Great Settlement – foundation of the Bank of England. Dotcom bubble bursts.
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