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Causes
Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert
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Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial run-up to this year's dry season, according to Tasso Azevedo, coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction.

Impacts
Brazil's mangroves on the front line of climate change
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Brazil's mangroves on the front line of climate change

Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil's vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants in deep black mud that grow where fresh-water rivers meet the brackish Atlantic Ocean.

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Thousands evacuated as Hurricane Willa descends on Mexico

Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Extreme heat grips northern India as power demand and health risks surge

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State and local emergency managers brace for less federal aid during disasters

Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development

Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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Valencia flood disaster sparks criminal probe into government response

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Trump’s policies cast uncertainty over U.S. battery recycling expansion