64340 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://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/megafires-are-spreading-in-the-amazon-and-they-are-here-to-stay/“When I see the rainforest burning, I know what I’m really seeing is Amazonia dying. I see that fire and, as a scientist, I know how much that hectare will lose in terms of individual lives, how much carbon will be emitted and how much the process accelerates climate changes,” states Erika....2024-02-22T19:50+0100mongabay-5dd0e15e2c2ba01695aab18bba8521d220240222195000https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/5/744Eucalyptus plantations are expanding rapidly in southern China owing to their short rotation periods and high wood yields. Determining the plantation dynamics of eucalyptus plantations facilitates accurate operational planning, maximizes benefits, and allows the scientific management and sustainable development of eucalyptus plantations.2024-02-21T07:09+0100mdpi-752e34eebc646446bb13aba88c0393d420240221070900https://www.sci.news/biology/eunectes-akayima-12702.htmlAn international team of herpetologists led by New Mexico Highlands University and University of Queensland scientists has described a cryptic new species of anaconda from the remote Amazon. (genus Eunectes ) are a group of aquatic snakes endemic to the east of the Andes in South America.2024-02-20T21:05+0100sci-news-b7a534eccbe97a600e63feb9cc9410a620240220210500https://www.ecoportal.net/en/special-topics/climate-change/mitad-del-amazonas/The latest work in which the CSIC participates shows that half of the Amazon is heading towards total collapse. Our planet is in check due to the possible loss of almost half of the Amazon. In a new study published in the journal Nature , scientists warn that the world's largest tropical forest is....2024-02-20T16:52+0100ecoportal-8ef6af3ced367e97143b3eb5f943e34220240220165200