The Amazon Rainforest in Peru

Gold Mining Unleashes a Carbon Time Bomb in Amazon

Gold Mining Is Triggering Carbon Chaos In The Amazon Rainforest Of Peru

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Peru. In a new study, scientists have looked at the impact of small-scale gold mining in the southern Peruvian Amazon and found that it has led to a massive uptick in peatland destruction in recent years.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

Two years of gold mining devastates Peruvian peatlands, outpacing damage of the last 30 years

New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that artisan gold mining in the southern Peruvian Amazon has caused more destruction to carbon-rich peatlands in the past two years than in the previous three decades combined,

SciTech Daily · 1d

Gold Mining Unleashes a Carbon Time Bomb in the Amazon

Gold mining in Peru’s Amazon is now destroying carbon-storing peatlands at an alarming rate. In just two years, over half of all recorded peatland destruction has occurred, releasing vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

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New York Post on MSN · 6h

Massive stretch of Amazon rainforest destroyed for upcoming COP30 climate summit’s 4-lane highway: ‘This is a loss’

The eight-mile stretch of new highway has gouged a deep gash through a large swath of Amazon rainforest just in time for world leaders to convene to discuss how much they care about the Amazon

Newsweek on MSN · 9h

Amazon Rainforest Cut Down for Climate Summit Highway

Tens of thousands of acres of the Amazon Rainforest are being cut down so a new highway can be built in preparation for the November COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The BBC reports that preparations for the highway have already deforested some of the protected rainforest.

ABC News · 6h

Satellite appears to show new highway cutting through Brazil's Amazon rainforest

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists13h

Carlos Nobre on tipping points in the Amazon rainforest

For roughly about 65 million years, the forests of the Amazonian were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is ...

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Peru’s Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, ...

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How To Pack For An Amazon River Cruise In Peru

Paddington's in Peru! Here's what to pack and what to expect for your Amazon River cruise in Peru (and why you might not want to pay the premium for a balcony cabin).

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