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California’s ongoing drought threatens nearly 60 million large trees

Mike Gaworecki 30 Dec 2015

Amazon rainforests could transition to savannah-like states in response to climate change, new study predicts

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2015

El Niño vs. the Amazon: researchers worry Brazil is not prepared

Ethan Harfenist 16 Dec 2015

There have been more than 11,000 fires in just one region of the Brazilian Amazon this year

Mike Gaworecki 5 Nov 2015

More drought, floods predicted for the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 14 Oct 2015

NASA photo shows New Guinea going up in flames

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2015

Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains at a 500-year low

Mike Gaworecki 2 Oct 2015

U.S. Central Plains and Southwest will likely face apocalyptic drought

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2015

Pollution from fossil fuels decreased rainfall in Central America

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2015

How termites hold back the desert

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2015

Changing California forests may help us prepare for the future

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jan 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2014

Amazon rainforest is getting drier, confirms another study

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Oct 2014

Could California be facing a mega-drought?

Sonia Gandiaga 13 Oct 2014

Indonesia’s forests so damaged they burn whether or not there’s drought

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Aug 2014

Climate-linked drought cutting forests’ carbon-storing ability

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2014

Congo rainforest losing its greenness, finds NASA

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Apr 2014

Rainforests on fire: climate change is pushing the Amazon over the edge

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Apr 2014

Featured video: Showtime releases first episode of major new climate change series online

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2014

How locals and conservationists saved the elephants of Mali amidst conflict and poverty

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2014

Is Brazil’s epic drought a taste of the future?

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

Drought, fire reducing ability of Amazon rainforest to store carbon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2014

Amazon rainforest does not ‘green up’ during the dry season

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2014

NASA picture reveals shocking impact of California’s drought

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2014

Amazon deforestation could cause droughts in California

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Nov 2013

Deforestation may hurt U.S. agriculture, affect monsoon cycle

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2013

Worst drought in 30 years threatens millions in southern Africa with food insecurity

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2013

Zoo races to save extreme butterfly from extinction

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2013

Fracking sucks up all the water from Texas town

Suzanne Goldenberg 15 Aug 2013

Amazon fire risk on the rise, says NASA

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

NASA: 3% of Amazon rainforest burned between 1999-2010

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jun 2013

Water crisis widening: 4.5 billion people live near ‘impaired water sources’

Fiona Harvey 28 May 2013

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