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Ecology: Endangered Species
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Amazon dolphins at risk from fishing, dams and dredging      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research sho ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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New study examines historical drought and flooding on the Amazon River      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Despite the rapid increase in severe flooding, a new article indicates recent floods and droughts in...

Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Improved estimates of Brazilian Amazon gains and losses - Improved Estimates of Brazilian Amazon Gains and Losses      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000- ...

Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees - Climate Change Likely to Uproot More Amazon Trees      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also sub...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires - Amazonia Racing Toward Tipping Point, Fueled by Unregulated Fires      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 year...

Energy: Alternative Fuels
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Climate change threatens hydropower energy security in the Amazon basin - Climate Change Threatens Hydropower Energy Security in the Amazon Basin      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Hydropower is the dominant source of energy in the Amazon region, the world's largest river basin an ...

Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Decade-long Amazon rainforest burn yields new insight into wildfires - Decade-long Amazon Rainforest Burn Yields New Insight into Wildfires      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The longest and largest controlled burn experiment ever conducted in the Amazon rainforest has yield ...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Dynamic rivers contributed to Amazon's rich bird diversity - Dynamic Rivers Contributed to Amazon's Rich Bird Diversity      (via sciencedaily.com) 

One of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology is, how did the Amazon become so rich ...