Disaster Looms If Loss of Amazon Rainforest Continues

By Jan Rocha, Climate News Network Dec 12, 2014 A Brazilian climate expert proposes a five-point “battle plan” in a war against the deforestation of the Amazon that is having increasingly dire impacts on the regional and global climate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Drought Bites as Amazon’s ‘Flying Rivers’ Dry Up

By Jan Rocha, Climate News Network Sep 14, 2014 Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of liters of water released as vapor clouds by Amazon rainforest trees is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change -- leading to devastating drought. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )