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 Stories About: Amazon AND rainforests AND wilderness
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Bark A'Lounging
Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology |
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11 Mar 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Bark A'Lounging Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology Researchers have discovered that areas of the Amazon rainforest previously considered pristine are in fact undergoing drastic changes, likely due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The discovery was a bit of an accident -- researchers tracked changes in plots of isolated rainforest to use them as "controls" again ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, ozone, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Jungle Fever
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15 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Jungle Fever Vines are the hallmark of any self-respecting jungle -- picture Tarzan swinging in from offstage -- but the situation is getting a bit out of control in the Amazon rainforest, where vines are growing so quickly they are choking trees and possibly interfering with the ability of forests to soak up greenhouse gases, according to a study published in today's issue of Nature. An international te ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, rainforests, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Radar Strange
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26 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Radar Strange Ever since Sept. 11, sophisticated surveillance systems have been the talk of the town, and fans have proposed installing them in all sorts of places -- airports, subway systems, sports stadiums. But rainforests? Yep. Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso flew to the jungle city of Manaus yesterday to inaugurate the Amazon Surveillance System, a $1.4 billion network of radar stations and high-tech equi ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics) |
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