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Lightning storms in the Amazon further contribute to the rainforest's fertilization by converting nitrogen into a usable form for plants. My wife asked me the other day about all the dust in the air.

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The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in ...

Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

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