2900 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7bqk8/this-is-bad-a-swath-of-the-amazon-is-now-actually-harming-the-planetIt was once considered the “lungs of the earth,” a valuable carbon sink and a key tool to reel in rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions levels in the face of climate change. But now, the Amazon Rainforest is reversing course, a swath of it emitting more CO2 than it is able to absorb, according to research in the journal Nature.2021-07-15T20:49+0200vice-com-uk-790b56448eb56160693411d6555bfe0820210715204900https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/15/amazon-rainforest-now-releasing-more-carbon-than-it-absorbs-study.htmlThe Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon emissions than it can absorb, according to a new study. The rainforest was once a carbon sink — meaning it absorbed more carbon than it released — but it now accounts for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions every year, mainly due to forest fires and deforestation.2021-07-15T17:29+0200cnbc-57e1e9fb4e11eb72e6cc8563da54686e20210715172900https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/07/how-amazon-rainforest-now-emits-more-carbon-it-absorbsParts of the Amazon rainforest are now net emitters of carbon even after excluding forest fires, according to new research. All four regions of Amazonia are net emitters of CO2 when forest fires are factored in, but the southeast region puts more CO2 into the atmosphere through the decay of natural....2021-07-15T15:54+0200newstatesman-5d6754427c8c78caadd93cf1fba9e5e320210715155400https://globalnews.ca/news/8016343/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation/in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth consecutive month in June, according to preliminary government data, amid concern that the destruction and a drought will fuel worsening forest fires in the dry season ahead. Forest clearances in Brazil’s portion of the Amazon increased 1.2021-07-09T21:22+0200cknw-8bfded9f895127376cb81875ccc1957420210709212200