The South Pole is surrounded by a harsh and frozen landscape of all-year-long ice and snow. But, according to a new study, it’s not always been the case. In fact, it may have been totally different. The study published in the Nature Journal was done by a team of researchers […]
Tag: rainforest
Sad News: Amazon Deforestation Has Ben Rising for 14 Months Straight
According to data shared by the Brazilian government, the deforestation of Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world, elevated for the 14th consecutive month. In the Brazilian Amazon, the deforestation is 83 percent ahead of where it was a year ago. The data collected by the national space research institute […]
Deforested Amazon Rainforest Is Releasing more CO2 than it Absorbs
According to researchers, 1/5th of the Amazon rainforest is releasing more CO2 than it absorbs because of the forest fires and deforestation. For the purposes of the research, the team has been monitoring the release of gases over the basin of Amazon for the last 10 years, during which, millions […]
A Park Ranger Comforts A Sad Gorilla That Lost Its Mother
With certainty, losing a parent is one of the most tragic experiences in life. And, this deep sadness and feeling of emptiness and despair isn’t exclusive to humans-according to what we can see on this heartbreaking photo taken by photographer Phil Moore. This mountain gorilla’s mother was killed by poachers […]
Photographer And His Wife Plant 2 Million Trees In 20 Years To Restore A Destroyed Forest And The Animals Have Returned
Approximately 30 years ago, Sebastiao Ribeiro Salgado, a Brazilian photo journalist, came back from East Africa where he was documenting the horrors of the Rwanda genocide. After this quite traumatizing project, he was to take over his family’s cattle ranch in Minas Gerais, a region which was lush and with […]