Time was, you couldn’t turn on a TV or open a magazine without seeing some do-gooder celebrity ranting about the Amazon rainforest. So why don’t we hear about it anymore? Did we save it? Er, no, says Brendan Borrell, but the issue is about to become fashionable again.
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon’s uprising is more urgent than Iran’s
The world is glued to the protests in Iran, but an even more important political uprising has been passing unnoticed — but its outcome will profoundly impact our lives, writes Johann Hari.
Amazon frog’s secretions turn humans into killing machines
Deep in the Amazon rain forest hides a very special frog called the Phyllomedusa bicolor. The Mayoruna tribe uses this frog’s gooey secretions to obtain superpowers that transform them into killer hunting machines. This helps them target their prey — monkeys. Yes, they eat monkeys.
Why the Amazon is more important than electric cars
The facts are plain and simple, says Levi Novey: deforestation accounts for more CO2 emissions than the transportation sector. Unfortunately, the issue is much less sexy.
VIDEO: Western demand for beef and leather fuels Amazon deforestation
A three-year survey by Greenpeace has found that our appetite for beef and leather is responsible for intensified deforestation in the Amazon.
State of the planet
Pedal power pays as Bike Account interest rises … Solomon Islands exports live dolphins to Dubai … China’s drive for wealth means end of our low-carbon dreams … Amazon rainforest fires “worst” in memory
State of the planet
Brazil defends plans for sugarcane in Amazon … Global warming: bad news for gnus … More legal battles loom over pollution … Big business ‘failing to tackle climate change’ … Plasma TV ‘off limits’: watch this space
State of the planet
Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN … Activists seek new data on mammals threatened by global warming … Decade of innovation could spark climate fix … South America chokes as Amazon burns … How recycling can be a weapon against global warming
