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Ecuador: ¿qué sigue tras el No a explotación de petróleo en Parque Nacional?

Fuente: SciDev   Los resultados de la consulta popular a favor de la preservación del Parque Nacional Yasuní, realizada el domingo 20 en el Ecuador junto con las elecciones presidenciales, constituye...

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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Tagged by Source

Source: NASA Carbon dioxide is by far the most prevalent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change - but where does it come from? New computer modeling techniques in NASA's Global Modeling and...

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Four alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now

Source: CNN Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many...

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American Scientists Bringing Animals Back From Extinction

Source: Ancient Origins   In a world where the delicate balance of nature is threatened by human activities, a group of American scientists has taken on an extraordinary mission. Hidden away within...

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Desastres amenazan con aumentar en Latinoamérica

Fuente: SciDev.net [PUNTA DEL ESTE / URUGUAY] A pesar de que la escala y frecuencia de los desastres ha crecido alrededor del planeta, en los últimos diez años sólo el 5 por ciento de la ayuda...

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Killing of 14-year-old shines light on string of activist deaths in Colombia

Source: Telegraph  The murder of a 14-year-old environmentalist in Colombia has been described as futile and pure evil by his friends and family. Breiner David Cucuñame was shot while on patrol with...

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Scientists raise alarm over ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane

Source: Nature   Methane concentrations in the atmosphere raced past 1,900 parts per billion last year, nearly triple preindustrial levels, according to data released in January by the US National...

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Emissions from new cars reach record low in the UK

Source: The Verge   Electric and hybrid vehicles drove emissions from new cars in the UK down to a record low in 2021, according to new data from a local industry group. But more investments in...

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Ecuadorian authorities speak of “major disaster” following oil spill last week

Source: MercoPress   An oil spill in Ecuador in late January has been spreading over the past few days throughout the Yasuní area reaching unforeseen proportions, it was reported Wednesday. After a...

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Harvard Study Finds Link Between Fracking and Premature Deaths

Source: Gizmodo   We know for a fact that fracking sucks for people and literally poisons the area where it occurs. So many of us have seen terrifying videos of rivers and other bodies of water on...

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Científicos cuentan las especies de árboles del mundo y más del 40% está en Sudamérica

Fuente: Voz de America     Desde el pehuén en el cono sur hasta el eucalipto azul de Tasmania en Australia, desde los baobabs de Madagascar hasta las secuoyas gigantes de California, el mundo ha sido...

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Argentina: país modelo para descolonizar la paleontología

Fuente: SciDev   Para enfrentar el colonialismo que impera en la paleontología de América Latina, es necesario fortalecer regulaciones y comunidades científicas locales, pero también propiciar que la...

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Mange outbreak decimated a wild vicuna population in Argentina

Source: Science Daily   Mange has decimated the population of wild vicuñas and guanacos in an Argentinian national park that was created to conserve them, according to a study from the Administration...

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Aumento de frecuencia e intensidad de El Niño impacta Río de la Plata

Fuente: SciDev     En el estuario del Río de la Plata, formado por la unión de los ríos Uruguay y Paraná, el aumento de la frecuencia e intensidad del fenómeno El Niño en las últimas décadas ha...

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Tonga vulcano eruption 500 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb

Source: MercoPress   A NASA scientist has compared this weekend's volcanic eruption off Tonga with the atomic bomb dropped by the United States at the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 and said the...

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Tonga volcano eruption created puzzling ripples in Earth’s atmosphere

Source: Nature   Scientists are racing to understand a puzzling series of massive ripples in Earth’s atmosphere triggered by the eruption of the Tongan volcano at the weekend. Satellite data shows...

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2021 was the year clean energy finally faced its mining problem

Source: The Verge   A drill rig at Controlled Thermal Resources’ (CTR) Hells Kitchen Lithium and Power project in Calipatria, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Demand for electric...

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La encrucijada: en riesgo nuestra infraestructura natural

Fuente: Claridad     Es evidente y alarmante la amenaza que se cierne sobre nuestros recursos naturales y bienes públicos. Existe una clara intención de frenar los esfuerzos diversos que en las...

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Vistas virtuales sobre el estatus de Puerto Rico en Washington DC (16 de junio de 2021)

por Rodrigo Fernos   Hoy se tuvieron vistas [1] sobre el informe que el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos hizo sobre las dos medidas legislativas para cambiar el estatus politico de Puerto...

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Claves para restaurar bosques tropicales en Sudamérica

Fuente: SciDev.net   En Sudamérica y América Central, las especies arbóreas que se regeneran de manera natural en los bosques tropicales deforestados por causa de la acción humana presentan...

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Scientists Warn That The Amazon’s Tipping Point Puts Brazil’s Agribusiness, Energy Sector At Risk

Source: The RisingOvershooting an Amazon rainforest-to-savanna tipping point would be “catastrophic” to Brazil’s economic powerhouses, experts have said — with especially far-reaching impacts for the...

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Hallan metales pesados en ríos amazónicos de Ecuador

Fuente: SciDev   Metales pesados como el mercurio y el cadmio superan entre 100 y 1000 veces los límites máximos permitidos en 14 afluentes del río Napo en la Amazonía ecuatoriana, revela un nuevo...

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The scientists restoring a gold-mining disaster in the Peruvian Amazon

Source: NatureLa Pampa, Peru“Holy shit!” Miles Silman gasped as his motorized rickshaw rattled out of the forest and onto a desolate beach. All traces of the trees, vines and swamps that once covered...

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Editorial: Por un plan energético que beneficie a Puerto Rico

Fuente: ClaridadMientras el pueblo de Puerto Rico está en vilo por la actividad sísmica que sigue sacudiendo la región suroeste desde finales del pasado mes de diciembre, y se desborda la solidaridad...

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HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER WHO WON A MASSIVE JUDGMENT AGAINST CHEVRON LOST EVERYTHING

Source: The InterceptLAST AUGUST, DURING the second-hottest year on record, while the fires in the Amazon rainforest were raging, the ice sheet in Greenland was melting, and Greta Thunberg was being...

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