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Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? The Remarkable Reversal of Earth’s Largest River
Does the Amazon River Flow Backward? It’s a question that often sparks curiosity among explorers, scientists, and ...
'C' is for copper: If it isn't still king, it remains a royal growth industry in Arizona
Copper retains much of the luster that lent Arizona the unofficial nickname "Copper State," and is king in rural Greenlee ...
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Longview is among the few jurisdictions in the area looking at approving them
The number of data centers around the Pacific Northwest has exploded in recent decades, growing from less than two dozen in 2008 to more than 200 across Oregon and Washington today.
In Brazil, mining giant Vale is sued over metal contamination found in Indigenous peoples
Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is suing the giant mining company Vale, the Brazilian government and the Amazon state of ...
Mongabay13d
As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...
Reuters14d
Indonesia amends mining law to boost access, support processing
JAKARTA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to revise the country's mining law, aimed at boosting development of domestic mineral processing industries and ...
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Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown
Five months after a major operation by federal forces, illegal mining dredges are back on the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon. The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of ...
The Independent26d
The weird way dolphins are peeing in the Amazon River is baffling scientists
Aerial urination by the Amazon dolphin (Claryana Araújo-Wang) The study documents 36 instances of “aerial urination” by boto between 2014 and 2018 and records the sequence, duration and ...
Wall Street Journal27d
Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can’t Seem to Make Its Physical Stores Work
Amazon.com AMZN-2.83%decrease; red down pointing triangle, the largest e-commerce retailer in the U.S., is stumbling in its efforts to compete in the bricks-and-mortar world. The company in 2018 ...
MyJoyOnline28d
White Volta River flowing near Yapei polluted by illegal mining activities
The White Volta River, which flows near the town of Yapei, has been severely polluted due to illegal mining activities in the Banda Nkwanta areas. The river, which is a vital source of water for ...
MyJoyOnline29d
EPA confiscates 3 excavators in a move to enforce directive to halt mining in river bodies
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has moved to halt mining operations along the tributaries of the Offin River at Pasoro in the Ashanti Region. The EPA has observed most of the illegal ...
Ars Technica29d
Let us spray: River dolphins launch pee streams into air
According to Amazonian folklore, the area's male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night into handsome young men who seduce and impregnate human women. The legend's ...