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Amazon Rainforest Is Browning and Dying

The southern part of the Amazon rain forest is browning and dying and an extension of 3 weeks has been observed in the dry season of the forest, unlike 30 years back. Climate change is believed to be...

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Risk of Amazon Rainforest Dieback Higher Than Predicted: Dangers of Climate...

The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most species rich locations in the world. Now, though, scientists have discovered that this ecological hotspot may be facing new dangers from climate change. It...

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Butterflies Found Sipping on Turtle Tears for Survival

It has recently been discovered that colorful butterflies like orange Julia and yellow Sulphur butterflies feed n turtle's salty, sodium rich tears.

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Amazon Rainforest Burned by Global Warming: Forest Fires and Drought on the Rise

The Amazon rainforest may be in trouble. Scientists have created future simulations of the climate in these biodiverse forests and have found that not only will there be a longer dry season, but this...

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Tropical Trees are Super-Charged in Borneo Compared to Amazon Rainforest

Scientists have found that the woody growth of these forests is half as great again as the most productive forests of north-west Amazonia; that's a difference of 3.2 tons of wood per hectare per year.

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Amazon Rainforest Threatened by Devastating Human Impacts: Fires and Logging

Scientists have discovered that the human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been grossly underestimated, and that the ecosystem may be in some serious danger.

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Amazon Rainforest in Danger from Multiple Environmental Hits: Greater Risk to...

Amazonian forests may be in more trouble than we thought. One of the world's longest-running ecological studies has found that these forests are being altered by multiple environmental threats, which...

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Western Amazon is at Risk of Oil Pollution: 30-Year Contamination Period

It turns out that the Western Amazon may be in more trouble than we thought. Scientists have found that this region may have been contaminated by widespread oil pollution over a staggering 30-year period.

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Logging and Burning Trees May Remove 54 Million Tons of Carbon from the Forest

Scientists have found that logging and burning could be removing nearly 54 million tons of carbon from the forest each year and introduce it to the atmosphere as greenhouse gases.

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Massive 400-Pound Fish May be Heading toward Extinction in the Amazon

A massive fish may have become extinct in some areas of the Amazon Basin. Scientists have found that the arapaima fish, which once dominated Amazon fisheries, is slowly being harvested to extinction.

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Drought Causes Amazon Rainforest Trees to 'Inhale' Less Carbon from the...

For the first time ever, scientists have discovered direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazon rainforest "inhale" carbon from the atmosphere during a severe drought.

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Amazon Rainforest Loss May Drastically Impact Climate Change

Amazon rainforest losses may actually be worsening climate change. Scientists have found that as trees are cut down and removed, the carbon dioxide that's released could have a major impact on our...

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Hidden Tapestry of Chemical Variation in the Amazon Forest Canopy Revealed...

When it comes to the Amazon, location matters. Scientists have found that there's a hidden tapestry of chemical variation across the lowland Peruvian Amazon, which is especially important to note when...

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Severe Tropical Deforestation in the Amazon Largely Caused by Resettlement...

What's driving tropical deforestation? It's all about resettlement projects. Scientists have found that these projects are largely responsible for the disappearance of trees in the Amazon.

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Amazon Wildfires May be Linked to More Hurricanes in the North Atlantic

Researchers uncovered a disturbing link between wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and hurricanes in the North Atlantic. They've discovered that high wildfire risk may actually cause more devastating...

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Newly Discovered Ancient and Extinct River Dolphin May Shed Light on Modern...

Scientists have uncovered a new, ancient and extinct species of river dolphin. By examining fossil fragments, researchers are shedding more light on the evolution of today's freshwater dolphin species.

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Protected And Intact Forests Endure Rapid Loss Around The World

There is a rapid loss of protected and intact forests around the world, according to findings from a recent study.

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Electric Eels' Secret Weapon: Curling Up to Double Their Charge When Shocking...

What’s an electric eel’s secret weapon? It’s curling up.

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Amazon Tree Species Face Major Threats: More Than Half Globally Threatened

More than half of the tree species in the Amazon rainforest may be globally threatened.

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How Climate Change Will Impact the Amazon Rainforest in the Future

What will happen to the Amazon in the future? Scientists have taken a closer look at how climate change may affect the Amazon forest.

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New Solar-Powered Case for Amazon Kindle Coming Soon

Amazon is working on a Kindle e-reader case that can be powered by solar energy. There is no official statement on the release of the solar-powered case but is said to be launched in the immediate future.

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First Look At Amazon’s Newly Launched Kindle Oasis

Amazon is focusing on style and sleekness with the priciest new Kindle Oasis.

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Amazon Launches YouTube-Like Video Service 'Video Direct'

Amazon unveiled its own plans to compete in the user-generated video market with the launch of a new service called Amazon Video Direct.

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Amazon To Take Down All Animal Specimen And Hunting Equipment From Its Website

A non-governmental organization (NGO), Wildlife SOS has sent a petition to Amazon to stop the sale of animal specimen as well as hunting equipment, and Amazon did not think twice and took down all...

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As PayPal Bids Farewell to Amazon Kindle Fire, Blackberry, Microsoft, What...

PayPal is saying ‘adieu’ and is withdrawing its support to Amazon Kindle Fire, Blackberry, and Microsoft by terminating the apps specially made for these three giants.

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Amazon To Start Delivering Food Items, Daily Groceries In The UK

Online retail giant Amazon has launched fresh food deliveries in the UK in its latest push into the grocery market.

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Amazon To Offer Cheap Music Streaming To Amazon Echo Owners Only?

Amazon is coming and its the next big thing for music streaming subscribers.

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Best Labor Day 2016 Sales, Deals, Offers: Here’s What Big Retailers Are Up to

Americans wait eagerly for the Labor Day Weekend as the annual holiday brings with it some of the best Labor Day sales and deal offers.

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The $90 Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet Could Be The Most Descent Tablet Under The...

Amazon, an e-commerce, cloud computing and e-bookstore company, detours with the usual trend of tablets getting meatier specs and pricier, makes a 90 dollar hardware with an "okay" specs.

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Amazon To Launch New, Faster Steaming Media Stick This Fall

Amazon has announced that they are ready to launch a new faster streaming Fire TV media stick for the upcoming fall.

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Best Amazon Black Friday Deals 2016: Deep Discounts On Electricals, Sale To...

Every year the Black Friday Deals are preponed by a few days. This year Amazon has gone a step further and has announced two-month long Black Friday shopping carnival that will end on December 22.

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Best Amazon Black Friday 2016 Deals: Fire Tablet At $33.33, Upto 50% Discount...

Amazon's Black Friday 2016 deals have been revealed. Black Friday is just around the corner and as expected Amazon would be giving deep discounts on its top selling products.

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This Is What Happens At Amazon On A Cyber Monday: 629 Orders Per Second,...

CyberMonday is almost done and most shoppers have had their hands on most anticipated deals. Amazon is the king when it comes Cyber Monday deals and it is merely catching up for most other retailers

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Amazon Launches Amazon Go: Cashier-less Retail Stores

Amazon Go is a new retail store launched by Amazon. This store completely eliminates the need of cashiers and check-out lines. The first store has been launched at Seatlle.

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SpaceX By Elon Musk Again Tops The Space Category In The Recent Awards

2016 is a great year for Elon Musk as his companies and himself have a handful of awards.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Starting To Creep Into Human Life

Humans are expecting to see robots everywhere in the future.

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Giant Rocket Facility Placed In Florida

Construction is underway for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket manufacturing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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AI News: Apple Finally Publishes First Artificial Intelligence Research Paper

Apple is back in the AI game.

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Hundreds Of Ancient Earthworks Uncovered In Amazon Rainforest, Look Like...

About 450 ancient earthworks that bear resemblance to the Stonehenge discovered in the western Brazilian Amazon.

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Mysterious Geoglyphs Uncover Amazon Secrets

As it turns out, there is no need to keep the Amazon rainforests "pristine," but people can't go on abusing it, either.

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Amazon Rainforests Changed By Ancient Humans

The Amazon rainforest may not have been a natural ecosystem, after all.

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Nintendo NES Classic Mini Stock Update: Console Available To Buy At Newegg,...

Nintendo NES Classic Mini is currently available to buy at Newegg, Amazon and Chunk Toys.

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Frequently Used Applications Like eBay, Amazon, Google Maps Removed Support...

Several major applications have quietly dropped their support for the wearable device Apple Watch.

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Building 428 Hydroelectric Dams In Amazon Basin Spells Disaster For Nature &...

A proposed extensive network of hydroelectric dams may jeopardize the future of the Amazon basin.

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